A390 crash in Cornwall on 30 November 2018 at 21:20 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A390 in Cornwall at 21:20 on Friday 30 November 2018. The 36-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2018
- Friday, 21:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.26394, longitude -5.0902, in the TR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Truro. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend, Cornwall, TR1 3WJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500804371
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 390
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 March 2013.
Serious
Car crash on the A390 in Cornwall, 26 March 2013
At the same spotRef 201350GT3Y005
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A390 in Cornwall, 7 June 2017
10 m awayRef 2017500192814
Serious
Smart City crash on the A390 in Cornwall, 28 February 2024
13 m awayRef 2024501414950
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A390 in Cornwall, 23 March 2006
21 m awayRef 200650A41D533
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A390 in Cornwall, 14 June 1991
24 m awayRef 199150A410798
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A390 in Cornwall, 23 September 1997
40 m awayRef 199750A413496
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
- 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 2018500804371 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.