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Serious B3268 crash in Cornwall on 26 June 1997 at 16:29 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Volvo 480 were involved in a crash on the B3268 in Cornwall at 16:29 on Thursday 26 June 1997. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and the 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 33-year-old male driver of the Volvo 480 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jun 1997
Thursday, 16:29
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Volvo 480
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43015, longitude -4.70134, in the PL30 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750B412112
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3268
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 480

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 480)

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 199750B412112 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.