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Serious A391 crash in Cornwall on 10 December 2003 at 19:00 involving a Vauxhall

A Vauxhall hit a pedestrian on the A391 in Cornwall at 19:00 on Wednesday 10 December 2003. A 66-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Dec 2003
Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.33464, longitude -4.80027, in the PL25 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Austell. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Austell Central & Gover, Cornwall, PL25 5BG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200350B41Q030
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
391
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200350B41Q030 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.