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A388 crash in Cornwall on 23 December 2011 at 20:00 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 and a van were involved in a crash on the A388 in Cornwall at 20:00 on Friday 23 December 2011. The 21-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2011
Friday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 306 and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63672, longitude -4.36339, in the PL15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Launceston South, Cornwall, PL15 9DS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201150BL2K039
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
388
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with 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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

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 201150BL2K039 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 2011.