Unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR8 on 2 October 1999 at 13:05 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series, a Nissan Micra and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 13:05 on Saturday 2 October 1999. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 1999
- Saturday, 13:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 200 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.36413, longitude -5.02716, in the TR8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199950A413794
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 199950A413794 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 1999.