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A3058 crash in Cornwall on 26 December 1999 at 23:35 involving a Volvo 480

A Volvo 480 crashed on the A3058 in Cornwall at 23:35 on Sunday 26 December 1999. The 23-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 1999
Sunday, 23:35
Vehicles
1
Volvo 480
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37103, longitude -4.98273, 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
199950A614963
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3058
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
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 480

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 480)

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 199950A614963 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.