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A390 crash in Cornwall on 16 February 2000 at 03:15 involving a Mercedes 300

A Mercedes 300 crashed on the A390 in Cornwall at 03:15 on Wednesday 16 February 2000. A 49-year-old male passenger and the 36-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Feb 2000
Wednesday, 03:15
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 300
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.31664, longitude -4.85246, in the PL26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200050B410510
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
390
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 25 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 June 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,874 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)

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 200050B410510 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.