B3300 crash in Cornwall on 2 August 2002 at 15:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B3300 in Cornwall at 15:30 on Friday 2 August 2002. The 49-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was 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
- 2 Aug 2002
- Friday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.23941, longitude -5.23862, in the TR16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Redruth North, Cornwall, TR15 1JB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200250A223237
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3300
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 2012.
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the B3300 in Cornwall, 29 May 2012
8 m awayRef 201250AC3J014
Slight
Freight Rover crash on the B3300 in Cornwall, 30 September 1993
10 m awayRef 199350A222281
Serious
Suzuki VL 800 crash on the B3300 in Cornwall, 1 May 2024
12 m awayRef 2024501438026
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3300 in Cornwall, 27 April 1983
14 m awayRef 198350A220731
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B3300 in Cornwall, 17 May 2001
14 m awayRef 200150A221810
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3300 in Cornwall, 13 August 1991
14 m awayRef 199150A221190
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)
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 200250A223237 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 2002.