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B3247 crash in Cornwall on 14 January 1997 at 08:10 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on the B3247 in Cornwall at 08:10 on Tuesday 14 January 1997. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 1997
Tuesday, 08:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.34803, longitude -4.19272, in the PL10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750B620108
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3247
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 190 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 199750B620108 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.