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A30 crash in Cornwall on 11 December 2009 at 15:35 involving a Citroen Xsara

A Citroen Xsara hit a pedestrian on the A30 in Cornwall at 15:35 on Friday 11 December 2009. A 14-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 2009
Friday, 15:35
Vehicles
1
Citroen Xsara
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.12559, longitude -5.54972, in the TR18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penzance. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval & Heamoor, Cornwall, TR18 3HA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200950AP2S009
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200950AP2S009 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.