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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall PL24 on 6 November 2017 at 13:52 involving a Smart Fortwo

A Smart Fortwo and a Chevrolet Kalos were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 13:52 on Monday 6 November 2017. The 75-year-old female driver of the Smart Fortwo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Nov 2017
Monday, 13:52
Vehicles
2
Smart Fortwo and Chevrolet Kalos
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.34938, longitude -4.72999, in the PL24 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Blazey. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Blazey, Cornwall, PL24 2HN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017500241377
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
390

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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart Fortwo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Kalos

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,150 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smart Fortwo)

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 2017500241377 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.