A3058 crash in Cornwall on 24 September 2012 at 18:20 involving a Smart City
A Smart City, a Toyota Corolla and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on the A3058 in Cornwall at 18:20 on Monday 24 September 2012. The 24-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla and the 28-year-old female driver of the Renault Scenic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Sep 2012
- Monday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Smart City and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41817, longitude -5.06415, in the TR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newquay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newquay Porth & Tretherras, Cornwall, TR7 2RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250GN2C019
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3058
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 October 2014.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A3058 in Cornwall, 12 October 2014
At the same spotRef 201450GN2C019
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A3058 in Cornwall, 6 March 2017
2 m awayRef 2017500165900
Slight
Mercedes Gla Class crash on the A3058 in Cornwall, 2 August 2019
4 m awayRef 2019500883920
Serious
Peugeot 107 crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 1 December 2016
5 m awayRef 2016500137205
Serious
Van crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 27 November 1985
6 m awayRef 198550A512324
Slight
Car crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 26 August 1981
6 m awayRef 198150A121707
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Smart City
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Scenic)
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 201250GN2C019 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.