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A30 crash in Cornwall on 7 April 2017 at 17:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 17:00 on Friday 7 April 2017. A 29-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 207, the 37-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 207 and the 56-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Apr 2017
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Peugeot 207
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.14559, longitude -5.4804, in the TR20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crowlas. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval & Heamoor, Cornwall, TR20 8BH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017500173380
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3309

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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2017500173380 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.