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Serious unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR18 on 26 February 1996 at 09:30 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 09:30 on Monday 26 February 1996. A 23-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 1996
Monday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.12143, longitude -5.5321, in the TR18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penzance.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650A310534
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199650A310534 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.