A3047 crash in Cornwall on 29 October 2005 at 19:56 involving a Suzuki Ignis
A Suzuki Ignis and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A3047 in Cornwall at 19:56 on Saturday 29 October 2005. An 80-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki Ignis was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Oct 2005
- Saturday, 19:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Ignis and Peugeot 205
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.24733, longitude -5.22555, in the TR16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Redruth North, Cornwall, TR16 4AE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200550A22O207
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3047
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Raining with 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2024.
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 22 November 2024
8 m awayRef 2024501520195
Slight
Piaggio Typhoon crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 29 May 2005
10 m awayRef 200550A22G345
Slight
Honda crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 18 November 1991
20 m awayRef 199150A221739
Serious
Jaguar Sovereign crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 18 January 1996
22 m awayRef 199650A220033
Serious
Car crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 19 March 1982
22 m awayRef 198250A220431
Serious
Car crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 2 October 1988
45 m awayRef 198850A221683
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Ignis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,328 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Ignis)
- 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 200550A22O207 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.