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Serious A390 crash in Cornwall on 30 July 1998 at 22:40 involving a Suzuki Samurai

A Suzuki Samurai and a car were involved in a crash on the A390 in Cornwall at 22:40 on Thursday 30 July 1998. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki Samurai was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jul 1998
Thursday, 22:40
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Samurai and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.33968, longitude -4.7579, in the PL25 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Austell.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850B412748
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
390
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 June 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Samurai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,324 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Samurai)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199850B412748 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.