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A30 crash in Cornwall on 27 August 1998 at 11:30 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 11:30 on Thursday 27 August 1998. The 67-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Aug 1998
Thursday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.62936, longitude -4.34564, in the PL15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850B213278
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
388

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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Leaving lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 199850B213278 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.