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B3284 crash in Cornwall on 30 April 1996 at 16:15 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Ford Capri were involved in a crash on the B3284 in Cornwall at 16:15 on Tuesday 30 April 1996. A 43-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra, the 32-year-old male driver of the Ford Capri and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Ford Capri were 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
30 Apr 1996
Tuesday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Ford Capri
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.32653, longitude -5.15804, in the TR6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650A421291
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3284
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
C

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Capri)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Capri)

    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 199650A421291 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.