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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR1 on 1 March 2008 at 18:40 involving a Ford Fiesta

A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 18:40 on Saturday 1 March 2008. The 40-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Mar 2008
Saturday, 18:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.26362, longitude -5.07607, in the TR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Truro. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend, Cornwall, TR1 3NT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200850A41C113
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, 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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, 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 200850A41C113 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 2008.