A30 crash in Cornwall on 21 July 2005 at 17:45 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206, a Subaru Impreza and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 17:45 on Thursday 21 July 2005. The 30-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 and the 29-year-old male driver of the Subaru Impreza were 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
- 21 Jul 2005
- Thursday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 206 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.42414, longitude -4.82681, in the PL26 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200550B41I983
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 22 metres away, was a fatal crash on 5 August 1983.
Fatal
Van crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 5 August 1983
22 m awayRef 198350B411018
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 4 May 1992
22 m awayRef 199250B310510
Slight
Honda Prelude crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 20 July 1996
36 m awayRef 199650B412491
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 19 January 2019
42 m awayRef 2019500813371
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B3274 in Cornwall, 4 April 2011
67 m awayRef 201150GA2A008
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 27 November 2002
71 m awayRef 200250B315364
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,820 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Impreza)
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 200550B41I983 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.