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A38 crash in Cornwall on 24 February 2015 at 17:15 involving a Ford Transit lorry

A Ford Transit lorry and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A38 in Cornwall at 17:15 on Tuesday 24 February 2015. The 57-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 2015
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Mini Cooper
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41358, longitude -4.32967, in the PL12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rame Peninsula & St Germans, Cornwall, PL12 5HN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201550BS2A002
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 201550BS2A002 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.