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A390 crash in Cornwall on 28 July 1995 at 07:50 involving an Alfa Romeo Sprint

An Alfa Romeo Sprint crashed on the A390 in Cornwall at 07:50 on Friday 28 July 1995. The 19-year-old female driver and a 24-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jul 1995
Friday, 07:50
Vehicles
1
Alfa Romeo Sprint
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.48045, longitude -4.37914, in the PL14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550B511031
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
390
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo Sprint

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,350 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Sprint)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Sprint)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199550B511031 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cornwall road accident statistics for 1995.