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Serious C road crash in Cornwall TR11 on 3 May 2009 at 02:10 involving a Fiat Scudo

A Fiat Scudo hit two pedestrians on a C road in Cornwall at 02:10 on Sunday 3 May 2009. A 24-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 20-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 May 2009
Sunday, 02:10
Vehicles
1
Fiat Scudo
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.15486, longitude -5.07244, in the TR11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Falmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falmouth Penwerris, Cornwall, TR11 3QL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200950GP2B007
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Scudo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Scudo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Scudo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200950GP2B007 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.