B3266 crash in Cornwall on 9 May 2007 at 18:03 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the B3266 in Cornwall at 18:03 on Wednesday 9 May 2007. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 2007
- Wednesday, 18:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.64647, longitude -4.68749, in the PL32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200750B72F293
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3266
- 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
- Raining with 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2017.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 9 May 2017
22 m awayRef 2017500186346
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 1 September 2000
67 m awayRef 200050B723235
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 17 March 2003
121 m awayRef 200350B72C400
Serious
Honda crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 17 May 1990
187 m awayRef 199050B720741
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 27 August 1998
330 m awayRef 199850B723340
Slight
Car crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 15 November 2005
344 m awayRef 200550B72O836
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,130 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200750B72F293 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.