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A3110 crash on the Isles of Scilly on 16 January 1997 at 20:35 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A3110 on the Isles of Scilly at 20:35 on Thursday 16 January 1997. An 11-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 1997
Thursday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 49.91857, longitude -6.30025, in the TR21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened on the Isles of Scilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750A310267
Council area
Isles of Scilly
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3110
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 104 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 199750A310267 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Isles of Scilly road accident statistics for 1997.