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A388 crash in Cornwall on 1 November 2001 at 23:04 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny crashed on the A388 in Cornwall at 23:04 on Thursday 1 November 2001. A 20-year-old male passenger, an 18-year-old male passenger and a 17-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Nov 2001
Thursday, 23:04
Vehicles
1
Nissan Sunny
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.53022, longitude -4.3302, in the PL17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200150B214356
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
388
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    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 200150B214356 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.