A39 crash in Cornwall on 23 January 2007 at 11:13 involving a Vauxhall Astravan
A Vauxhall Astravan and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 11:13 on Tuesday 23 January 2007. The 44-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was 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
- 23 Jan 2007
- Tuesday, 11:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astravan and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.52414, longitude -4.8167, in the PL27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200750B32A796
- 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
- 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
- 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, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 May 1999.
Serious
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 17 May 1999
36 m awayRef 199950B321615
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 31 July 2005
54 m awayRef 200550B32K134
Slight
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 26 March 2000
54 m awayRef 200050B310962
Serious
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 10 October 1981
58 m awayRef 198150B131382
Slight
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 14 August 1979
58 m awayRef 197950B131159
Serious
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 29 September 1988
95 m awayRef 198850B321531
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astravan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 200750B32A796 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 2007.