Serious A3071 crash in Cornwall on 9 April 2019 at 06:47 involving a Seat Leon
A Seat Leon, a Ford Focus and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A3071 in Cornwall at 06:47 on Tuesday 9 April 2019. The 32-year-old male driver of the Seat Leon and the 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Apr 2019
- Tuesday, 06:47
- Vehicles
- 3
- Seat Leon and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.12964, longitude -5.61836, in the TR20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500833949
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3071
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 1998.
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A3071 in Cornwall, 23 April 1998
4 m awayRef 199850A311334
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A3071 in Cornwall, 6 February 2018
8 m awayRef 2018500270869
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A3071 in Cornwall, 14 December 2000
10 m awayRef 200050A314745
Slight
Daihatsu Fourtrak crash on the A3071 in Cornwall, 20 March 2005
17 m awayRef 200550A31D569
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A3071 in Cornwall, 14 January 2010
26 m awayRef 201050AP2F001
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A3071 in Cornwall, 2 June 2022
80 m awayRef 2022501184115
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,422 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2019500833949 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 2019.