Unclassified road crash in Cornwall on 30 December 1996 at 17:50 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 17:50 on Monday 30 December 1996. A 36-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1996; Monday, 17:50
Vehicles: 1; Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199650A214514
Council area: Cornwall
Police force: Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph
Trunk road: Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
26 years
Engine capacity
1,686 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Diesel
Vehicle age
1 year

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Pedestrian location
On footway or verge
Pedestrian movement
Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199650A214514 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 1996.