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A390 crash in Cornwall on 25 March 2001 at 05:45 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry crashed on the A390 in Cornwall at 05:45 on Sunday 25 March 2001. The 48-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Mar 2001
Sunday, 05:45
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.40411, longitude -4.68093, in the PL22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lostwithiel & Lanreath, Cornwall, PL22 0DN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200150B411068
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    11,021 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Scania)

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 200150B411068 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.