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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR7 on 18 February 2006 at 23:55 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 23:55 on Saturday 18 February 2006. The 33-year-old male driver, a 39-year-old female passenger and a 1-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Feb 2006
Saturday, 23:55
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41215, longitude -5.09948, in the TR7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newquay Central & Pentire, Cornwall, TR7 1FH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200650A61C034
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200650A61C034 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.