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B3359 crash in Cornwall on 5 February 1997 at 08:00 involving a Morris Mini

A Morris Mini and a Mitsubishi Lancer were involved in a crash on the B3359 in Cornwall at 08:00 on Wednesday 5 February 1997. The 60-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Lancer was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Feb 1997
Wednesday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Morris Mini and Mitsubishi Lancer
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3884, longitude -4.55461, in the PL13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750B520387
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3359
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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 21 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Lancer

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,755 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Lancer)

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 199750B520387 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.