Serious B3266 crash in Cornwall on 2 July 2016 at 11:54 involving a Peugeot 207
A car and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the B3266 in Cornwall at 11:54 on Saturday 2 July 2016. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Jul 2016
- Saturday, 11:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.65917, longitude -4.6838, in the PL32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500087783
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3266
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2013.
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 23 August 2013
1 m awayRef 201350BC2F002
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 11 April 2015
1 m awayRef 201550BC2E001
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 9 April 2012
1 m awayRef 201250BC2E001
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 3 March 2011
1 m awayRef 201150BC2E001
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 8 June 2022
1 m awayRef 2022501196431
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3266 in Cornwall, 8 November 2025
2 m awayRef 2025501665501
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
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 2016500087783 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 2016.