B3301 crash in Cornwall on 22 February 2006 at 21:17 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B3301 in Cornwall at 21:17 on Wednesday 22 February 2006. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 2006
- Wednesday, 21:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.20106, longitude -5.39987, in the TR27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200650A33C291
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3301
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no 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 serious injury crash on 30 January 2022.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the B3301 in Cornwall, 30 January 2022
8 m awayRef 2022501138206
Serious
Suzuki crash on the B3301 in Cornwall, 6 May 1990
36 m awayRef 199050A330623
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the B3301 in Cornwall, 16 July 1996
73 m awayRef 199650A332178
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B3302 in Cornwall, 9 September 1993
78 m awayRef 199350A332162
Serious
Car crash on the B3301 in Cornwall, 9 March 1984
92 m awayRef 198450A330371
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B3301 in Cornwall, 20 July 1990
92 m awayRef 199050A331080
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200650A33C291 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.