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A38 crash in Cornwall on 22 January 2004 at 10:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo 740 were involved in a crash on the A38 in Cornwall at 10:00 on Thursday 22 January 2004. The 83-year-old male driver of the Volvo 740 and the 60-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 2004
Thursday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volvo 740
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45782, longitude -4.51573, in the PL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dobwalls. It is one of the crashes that make up the Liskeard South & Dobwalls, Cornwall, PL14 6JA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200450B51B043
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 740

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 740)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 200450B51B043 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 2004.