A388 crash in Cornwall on 15 August 2015 at 17:21 involving a Toyota Hilux
A Toyota Hilux and an Iveco Daily van were involved in a crash on the A388 in Cornwall at 17:21 on Saturday 15 August 2015. The 69-year-old male driver of the Toyota Hilux and the 60-year-old male driver of the Iveco Daily van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Aug 2015
- Saturday, 17:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Hilux and Iveco Daily
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.50908, longitude -4.31359, in the PL17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Callington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Callington & St Dominic, Cornwall, PL17 7RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550BN2D020
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 388
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 2017.
Serious
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 1 September 2017
16 m awayRef 2017500220263
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 11 June 2019
23 m awayRef 2019500852848
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 31 August 2014
31 m awayRef 201450BN2D023
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 2 January 1992
45 m awayRef 199250B530003
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 10 July 1981
74 m awayRef 198150B170837
Slight
Car crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 21 November 1981
74 m awayRef 198150B171584
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
Vehicle 2: Iveco Daily
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Iveco Daily)
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 201550BN2D020 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 2015.