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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR7 on 11 October 2008 at 04:50 involving a Mercedes E Class taxi

A Mercedes E Class taxi crashed on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 04:50 on Saturday 11 October 2008. A 44-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 2008
Saturday, 04:50
Vehicles
1
Mercedes E Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41809, longitude -5.0482, in the TR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newquay. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Columb Minor & Colan, Cornwall, TR7 3JJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200850GN2D018
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
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    2,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

    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 200850GN2D018 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.