A39 crash in Cornwall on 19 June 2018 at 15:00 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 15:00 on Tuesday 19 June 2018. The 24-year-old male driver of the Audi A3, the 41-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 307 and a 33-year-old female passenger in the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jun 2018
- Tuesday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Peugeot 307
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.50374, longitude -4.88638, in the PL27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500320232
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 39
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2025.
Slight
Volvo XC40 crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 10 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025501666998
Serious
Triumph Speed Master 865 crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 17 July 2016
31 m awayRef 2016500094389
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 10 April 2024
35 m awayRef 2024501430435
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 23 October 2012
68 m awayRef 201250BW3Q006
Serious
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 11 October 1989
123 m awayRef 198950B321688
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 29 July 2013
135 m awayRef 201350BW3Q005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,189 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018500320232 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.