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A3073 crash in Cornwall on 15 December 1997 at 12:10 involving a Zastava Yugo

A Zastava Yugo and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A3073 in Cornwall at 12:10 on Monday 15 December 1997. The 68-year-old male driver of the Zastava Yugo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 1997
Monday, 12:10
Vehicles
2
Zastava Yugo and minibus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37674, longitude -4.51178, 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
199750B714816
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3073
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 595 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Zastava Yugo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Zastava Yugo)

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 199750B714816 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.