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A391 crash in Cornwall on 27 December 1998 at 12:20 involving a Renault 25

A Renault 25 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A391 in Cornwall at 12:20 on Sunday 27 December 1998. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Renault 25 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1998
Sunday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Renault 25 and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3553, longitude -4.782, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850B414944
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
391
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 25)

    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 199850B414944 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.