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A30 crash in Cornwall on 20 May 2006 at 22:35 involving a Seat Ibiza

A Seat Ibiza and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 22:35 on Saturday 20 May 2006. The 20-year-old male driver of the Seat Ibiza, the 43-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 and a 72-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C3 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 May 2006
Saturday, 22:35
Vehicles
2
Seat Ibiza and Citroen C3
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.13431, longitude -5.49059, in the TR20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Long Rock, Marazion & St Erth, Cornwall, TR20 8LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200650A31F786
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Dark, no street lighting
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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)

    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 200650A31F786 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 2006.