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A390 crash in Cornwall on 24 February 1997 at 14:59 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Toyota Tercel were involved in a crash on the A390 in Cornwall at 14:59 on Monday 24 February 1997. A 52-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Tercel and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Tercel were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 1997
Monday, 14:59
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Toyota Tercel
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.26465, longitude -5.09387, in the TR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Truro.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750A410622
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
390
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Tercel

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,295 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Tercel)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Tercel)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199750A410622 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 1997.