A30 crash in Cornwall on 12 July 2014 at 13:40 involving a Toyota RAV4
A van and a Toyota RAV4 were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 13:40 on Saturday 12 July 2014. The 39-year-old male driver of the Toyota RAV4 and a 39-year-old female passenger in the Toyota RAV4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2014
- Saturday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and Toyota RAV4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45849, longitude -4.69402, in the PL31 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bodmin St Petroc's, Cornwall, PL30 4AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201450BB2K028
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 37 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 January 2017.
Serious
Lorry crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 5 January 2017
37 m awayRef 2017500147174
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 3 August 1997
53 m awayRef 199750B312723
Serious
Minibus crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 23 June 1979
55 m awayRef 197950B190784
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Cornwall, 2 July 1983
55 m awayRef 198350B310831
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A38 in Cornwall, 22 December 2022
70 m awayRef 2022501280559
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 11 August 1999
85 m awayRef 199950B312924
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota RAV4)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota RAV4)
- 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 201450BB2K028 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.