Skip to main content
CrashStats

A30 crash in Cornwall on 25 February 2018 at 03:50 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio crashed on the A30 in Cornwall at 03:50 on Sunday 25 February 2018. The 19-year-old male driver, a 19-year-old male passenger and a 19-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Feb 2018
Sunday, 03:50
Vehicles
1
Renault Clio
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.24875, longitude -5.22426, in the TR16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Redruth North, Cornwall, TR16 4AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018500274665
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

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 1 January 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2018500274665 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.