A3058 crash in Cornwall on 6 November 2013 at 09:00 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Mazda 2 were involved in a crash on the A3058 in Cornwall at 09:00 on Wednesday 6 November 2013. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane and the male driver of the Mazda 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Nov 2013
- Wednesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Mazda 2
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41824, longitude -5.05585, 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
- 201350GN2D023
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 August 2002.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 18 August 2002
7 m awayRef 200250A613493
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3059 in Cornwall, 9 July 2002
7 m awayRef 200250A612646
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A3059 in Cornwall, 26 May 1995
17 m awayRef 199550A610853
Serious
Car crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 28 April 1979
20 m awayRef 197950A120682
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 29 June 1997
35 m awayRef 199750A612110
Slight
Car crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 26 May 1989
37 m awayRef 198950A610747
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,348 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 2)
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 201350GN2D023 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 2013.