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A3110 crash on the Isles of Scilly on 4 November 1997 at 11:02 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A3110 on the Isles of Scilly at 11:02 on Tuesday 4 November 1997. The 19-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 1997
Tuesday, 11:02
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 49.91822, longitude -6.30482, 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
199750A314128
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 199750A314128 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.