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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall on 28 December 1996 at 10:20 involving a Volvo 740

A car and a Volvo 740 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 10:20 on Saturday 28 December 1996. The 80-year-old male driver of the Volvo 740 and an 80-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 740 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1996
Saturday, 10:20
Vehicles
2
Car and Volvo 740
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650A214548
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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 740

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 740)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 740)

    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 199650A214548 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.