B3271 crash in Cornwall on 9 October 2009 at 13:55 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the B3271 in Cornwall at 13:55 on Friday 9 October 2009. The 61-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic, the 56-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna and a male passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Oct 2009
- Friday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41259, longitude -4.21393, in the PL12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Saltash. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saltash Essa, Cornwall, PL12 6DU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200950BS2C025
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3271
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2009.
Slight
Kawasaki ZX1100 crash on the B3271 in Cornwall, 16 May 2009
At the same spotRef 200950BS2C012
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 10 August 2001
At the same spotRef 200150B613103
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B3271 in Cornwall, 8 August 2006
At the same spotRef 200650B61J735
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3271 in Cornwall, 21 March 2007
At the same spotRef 200750B61D234
Serious
Austin Montego crash on the B3271 in Cornwall, 23 May 1990
At the same spotRef 199050B610752
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3271 in Cornwall, 19 August 2007
At the same spotRef 200750B61J865
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200950BS2C025 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.