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A30 crash in Cornwall on 21 February 1996 at 12:03 involving a Mercedes van

A Mercedes van and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 12:03 on Wednesday 21 February 1996. A 43-year-old female passenger in the BMW 5 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Feb 1996
Wednesday, 12:03
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and BMW 5 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.15768, longitude -5.46644, in the TR20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650A310480
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    5,958 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)

    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 199650A310480 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.