B3300 crash in Cornwall on 15 December 2014 at 18:37 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo, a BMW 3 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the B3300 in Cornwall at 18:37 on Monday 15 December 2014. The 25-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and a 17-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series 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
- 15 Dec 2014
- Monday, 18:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.22665, longitude -5.22182, in the TR15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redruth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Redruth South, Cornwall, TR15 2HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201450AC3F018
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3300
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 1990.
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on the A393 in Cornwall, 3 February 1990
7 m awayRef 199050A220166
Serious
Car crash on the A393 in Cornwall, 24 May 1985
24 m awayRef 198550A220861
Slight
Suzuki RV 125 crash on the B3300 in Cornwall, 19 September 2019
26 m awayRef 2019500891881
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A393 in Cornwall, 21 December 2004
26 m awayRef 200450A22S253
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 27 June 2011
27 m awayRef 201150AC3F013
Slight
MG Montego crash on the B3297 in Cornwall, 16 August 1997
31 m awayRef 199750A222938
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201450AC3F018 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 2014.