Skip to main content
CrashStats

Unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR11 on 30 August 1997 at 13:40 involving a Renault 11

A Renault 11 and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 13:40 on Saturday 30 August 1997. The 48-year-old male driver of the Renault 11 and the 51-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Aug 1997
Saturday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Renault 11 and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.14948, longitude -5.09483, in the TR11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750A513231
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 11

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 11)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 199750A513231 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.