A39 crash in Cornwall on 31 January 2005 at 07:33 involving a Vauxhall Combo
Five vehicles, including a Vauxhall Combo and an agricultural vehicle, were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 07:33 on Monday 31 January 2005. The 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and the 24-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2005
- Monday, 07:33
- Vehicles
- 5
- Vauxhall Combo and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.28537, longitude -5.04279, in the TR4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200550A41B180
- 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
- 30 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 June 2016.
Serious
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 29 June 2016
26 m awayRef 2016500085773
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A390 in Cornwall, 1 July 2004
40 m awayRef 200450A41I687
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 16 September 2003
50 m awayRef 200350A41P311
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3076 in Cornwall, 2 August 1996
60 m awayRef 199650A412262
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 18 June 2014
69 m awayRef 201450GT3I004
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 26 November 1997
72 m awayRef 199750A414324
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 4: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Toyota Yaris)
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 200550A41B180 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.