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A3071 crash in Cornwall on 24 August 2000 at 18:30 involving a Case IH agricultural vehicle

A Case IH agricultural vehicle and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on the A3071 in Cornwall at 18:30 on Thursday 24 August 2000. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Citroen BX and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Citroen BX were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Aug 2000
Thursday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Case IH and Citroen BX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.1279, longitude -5.63484, in the TR20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200050A313098
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3071
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 139 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Case IH

    Agricultural vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

    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 200050A313098 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 2000.