B3274 crash in Cornwall on 18 January 2012 at 07:01 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Renault Kangoo were involved in a crash on the B3274 in Cornwall at 07:01 on Wednesday 18 January 2012. The 48-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and the 26-year-old male driver of the Renault Kangoo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jan 2012
- Wednesday, 07:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Renault Kangoo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41284, longitude -4.83143, in the PL26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Roche.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250GA2A002
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3274
- 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
- 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, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2020.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3274 in Cornwall, 29 October 2020
27 m awayRef 2020501004896
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B3274 in Cornwall, 1 September 2014
38 m awayRef 201450GA2A011
Slight
Car crash on the B3274 in Cornwall, 1 November 1986
63 m awayRef 198650B412045
Fatal
Triumph Speed Triple crash on the B3274 in Cornwall, 4 September 2025
125 m awayRef 2025501637566
Slight
Car crash on the B3274 in Cornwall, 31 May 1981
167 m awayRef 198150B190639
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the B3274 in Cornwall, 16 January 2023
176 m awayRef 2023501285285
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- 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
- 26 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Kangoo)
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 201250GA2A002 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 2012.