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C road crash in Cornwall TR16 on 24 February 1996 at 20:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 20:00 on Saturday 24 February 1996. A 67-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 1996
Saturday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.24481, longitude -5.26654, in the TR16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Illogan.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650A220487
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199650A220487 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.