C road crash in Cornwall TR13 on 20 July 2009 at 08:21 involving a Ford Transit lorry
A Ford Transit lorry and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 08:21 on Monday 20 July 2009. The 18-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo 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
- 20 Jul 2009
- Monday, 08:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.12513, longitude -5.26183, in the TR13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200950AH2E016
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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, 89 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 June 2007.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Cornwall, 27 June 2007
89 m awayRef 200750A23H488
Serious
Yamaha crash on a C road in Cornwall, 12 September 1996
108 m awayRef 199650A233200
Slight
Car crash on the B3297 in Cornwall, 14 July 1984
120 m awayRef 198450A231223
Slight
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the B3297 in Cornwall, 22 April 2025
132 m awayRef 2025501580446
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3297 in Cornwall, 14 August 1979
136 m awayRef 197950A061497
Serious
Lancia Delta crash on the B3297 in Cornwall, 24 September 1992
166 m awayRef 199250A231527
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
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 200950AH2E016 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 2009.