B3359 crash in Cornwall on 12 December 2018 at 09:04 involving a Ford C-Max
A car, a Ford C-Max and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the B3359 in Cornwall at 09:04 on Wednesday 12 December 2018. The 41-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 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2018
- Wednesday, 09:04
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford C-Max and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.36163, longitude -4.5214, in the PL13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500804345
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3359
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2013.
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 27 April 2013
25 m awayRef 201350BE2F002
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 26 August 2020
30 m awayRef 2020500977656
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 19 March 2019
48 m awayRef 2019500828983
Serious
Car crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 13 August 1979
58 m awayRef 197950B161104
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 28 July 1983
68 m awayRef 198350B520973
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the B3359 in Cornwall, 10 September 1995
81 m awayRef 199550B521317
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018500804345 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.