B3359 crash in Cornwall on 6 August 2001 at 16:55 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B3359 in Cornwall at 16:55 on Monday 6 August 2001. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo and a 50-year-old male passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Aug 2001
- Monday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35533, longitude -4.50496, in the PL13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150B523004
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3359
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 2004.
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 12 September 2004
At the same spotRef 200450B52Q764
Serious
Honda CBR1000RR crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 29 July 2007
At the same spotRef 200750B52I750
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 6 August 2004
At the same spotRef 200450B52K707
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 6 July 2013
4 m awayRef 201350BE2F004
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 5 March 2008
10 m awayRef 200850B52C042
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 14 July 1990
14 m awayRef 199050B521124
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 200150B523004 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.