B3361 crash in Cornwall on 5 February 1997 at 08:30 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B3361 in Cornwall at 08:30 on Wednesday 5 February 1997. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 5 Feb 1997; Wednesday, 08:30
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199750A510368
Council area: Cornwall
Police force: Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 3361
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 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

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
60 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, not crossing
Pedestrian movement
Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199750A510368 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.