A3059 crash in Cornwall on 22 March 2017 at 16:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A3059 in Cornwall at 16:30 on Wednesday 22 March 2017. The 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 61-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Mar 2017
- Wednesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.42991, longitude -4.95651, in the TR9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500168242
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3059
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2019.
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Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 1 April 2019
1 m awayRef 2019500832640
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Citroen Saxo crash on the A3075 in Cornwall, 27 November 2000
4 m awayRef 200050A624533
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Ford KA crash on the A3059 in Cornwall, 27 January 2010
4 m awayRef 201050GC2J001
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Kia Sportage crash on the A3059 in Cornwall, 10 May 2025
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Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 11 July 2016
8 m awayRef 2016500089361
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Suzuki SX4 crash on the A3059 in Cornwall, 27 July 2022
11 m awayRef 2022501203634
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2017500168242 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 2017.