Unclassified road crash in Cornwall PL25 on 12 February 2018 at 15:05 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 15:05 on Monday 12 February 2018. The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford C-Max was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 2018
- Monday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Ford C-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35162, longitude -4.78078, in the PL25 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Austell. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles, Cornwall, PL25 3TF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500275185
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 1999.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A391 in Cornwall, 12 September 1999
12 m awayRef 199950B413502
Serious
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Cornwall, 23 November 2013
14 m awayRef 201350GA2P013
Serious
Renault Captur crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 3 July 2025
18 m awayRef 2025501610972
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the B3374 in Cornwall, 2 April 1990
31 m awayRef 199050B410485
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on a C road in Cornwall, 2 May 2014
34 m awayRef 201450GA2P006
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on a C road in Cornwall, 23 June 2012
35 m awayRef 201250GA2P005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)
- 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 2018500275185 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.