B3297 crash in Cornwall on 20 April 2005 at 11:05 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B3297 in Cornwall at 11:05 on Wednesday 20 April 2005. The 32-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2005
- Wednesday, 11:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.11777, longitude -5.26468, in the TR13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200550A23F003
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3297
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 82 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 1996.
Slight
Honda crash on the B3297 in Cornwall, 30 August 1996
82 m awayRef 199650A232943
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3297 in Cornwall, 16 June 1999
92 m awayRef 199950A232006
Slight
Fendt crash on the B3297 in Cornwall, 16 July 2014
153 m awayRef 201450AH2E015
Serious
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the B3297 in Cornwall, 1 August 2011
154 m awayRef 201150AH2E008
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3297 in Cornwall, 13 June 2024
160 m awayRef 2024501455553
Serious
BMW S 1000 crash on the B3297 in Cornwall, 19 August 2025
201 m awayRef 2025501632499
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 200550A23F003 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.