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Fatal unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR27 on 9 September 1998 at 01:28 involving a Bedford lorry

A Bedford lorry crashed on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 01:28 on Wednesday 9 September 1998. The 54-year-old male driver was killed, a 53-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and a 26-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Sep 1998
Wednesday, 01:28
Vehicles
1
Bedford
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.14369, longitude -5.36743, in the TR27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850A233371
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, no street lighting
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    22 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 54, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 53, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

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 199850A233371 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 1998.