Unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR7 on 22 August 2001 at 02:10 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Volvo 740 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 02:10 on Wednesday 22 August 2001. A 17-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2001
- Wednesday, 02:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Volvo 740
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41431, longitude -5.08597, in the TR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newquay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newquay Central & Pentire, Cornwall, TR7 1AF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150A613441
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 August 2000.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 26 August 2000
10 m awayRef 200050A613421
Slight
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11 m awayRef 2025501543754
Serious
Volvo V40 crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 1 June 2006
14 m awayRef 200650A61G619
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 13 October 1984
14 m awayRef 198450A611941
Slight
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17 m awayRef 201450GN2A012
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 23 August 2022
19 m awayRef 2022501211952
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,043 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo 740
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 200150A613441 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 2001.