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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall PL25 on 12 November 2014 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Touran were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 18:30 on Wednesday 12 November 2014. A 7-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Touran was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Nov 2014
Wednesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Touran
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.34229, longitude -4.78285, in the PL25 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Austell. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles, Cornwall, PL25 4QF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201450GA2P013
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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
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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Touran

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Touran)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 201450GA2P013 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.