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A39 crash in Cornwall on 23 July 2004 at 15:30 involving a Toyota MR2

A Toyota MR2 and a New Holland agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 15:30 on Friday 23 July 2004. The 23-year-old male driver of the Toyota MR2 and the 19-year-old male driver of the New Holland agricultural vehicle 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
23 Jul 2004
Friday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Toyota MR2 and New Holland
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7626, longitude -4.54268, in the EX23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200450B71K011
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 35 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota MR2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: New Holland

    Agricultural vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota MR2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, agricultural vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (New Holland)

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 200450B71K011 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.