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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR16 on 1 July 2005 at 14:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 14:20 on Friday 1 July 2005. The 57-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406, a 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and a 55-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 406 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jul 2005
Friday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Peugeot 406
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.24976, longitude -5.26739, in the TR16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Illogan.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200550A22I331
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200550A22I331 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 2005.