Unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR26 on 26 May 2018 at 20:51 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a BMW X3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 20:51 on Saturday 26 May 2018. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta 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
- 26 May 2018
- Saturday, 20:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and BMW X3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.21095, longitude -5.4789, in the TR26 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Ives. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Ives West & Towednack, Cornwall, TR26 2LS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500304242
- 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
- Rural
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2005.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3074 in Cornwall, 23 July 2005
10 m awayRef 200550A32J270
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3074 in Cornwall, 16 June 1984
10 m awayRef 198450A320998
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 8 August 1998
12 m awayRef 199850A322920
Slight
Car crash on the A3074 in Cornwall, 1 April 1979
12 m awayRef 197950A040507
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A3074 in Cornwall, 14 August 2005
12 m awayRef 200550A32L944
Slight
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 20 May 2003
31 m awayRef 200350A32E770
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW X3
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 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 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018500304242 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.