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B3301 crash in Cornwall on 4 October 1996 at 09:50 involving a Colt Mitsubishi

A Colt Mitsubishi and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on the B3301 in Cornwall at 09:50 on Friday 4 October 1996. The 56-year-old female driver of the Renault 5 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Oct 1996
Friday, 09:50
Vehicles
2
Colt Mitsubishi and Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.21567, longitude -5.39185, in the TR27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650A333276
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3301
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Colt Mitsubishi

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

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 199650A333276 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.