A30 crash in Cornwall on 31 January 2018 at 16:35 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun
Four vehicles, including a Mitsubishi Shogun and a Renault Clio, were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 16:35 on Wednesday 31 January 2018. The 29-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper and the 36-year-old female driver of the BMW 5 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2018
- Wednesday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 4
- Mitsubishi Shogun and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.60482, longitude -4.45183, in the PL15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500269670
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Snowing with high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 26 July 1986
17 m awayRef 198650B211420
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 27 September 1988
18 m awayRef 198850B211485
Slight
Van crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 10 October 1988
37 m awayRef 198850B211573
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 8 November 1980
84 m awayRef 198050B241548
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 30 October 1980
84 m awayRef 198050B241518
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 24 December 1979
84 m awayRef 197950B241936
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 5 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018500269670 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 2018.