A30 crash in Cornwall on 23 March 2003 at 09:28 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 09:28 on Sunday 23 March 2003. The 51-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Mar 2003
- Sunday, 09:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.19614, longitude -5.39882, in the TR27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hayle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East, Cornwall, TR27 4DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200350A33C445
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 30
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2018.
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 55LF crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 29 August 2018
4 m awayRef 2018500329442
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 21 December 2019
9 m awayRef 2019500926058
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 22 December 1988
10 m awayRef 198850A332276
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 29 December 2016
21 m awayRef 2016500153408
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 17 November 2003
30 m awayRef 200350A33R323
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 19 May 2000
32 m awayRef 200050A331606
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,043 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 200350A33C445 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 2003.