A394 crash in Cornwall on 16 December 2019 at 15:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A394 in Cornwall at 15:30 on Monday 16 December 2019. The 43-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2019
- Monday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Kia Sportage
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.10188, longitude -5.28144, in the TR13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Helston North, Cornwall, TR13 8AQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500920307
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 394
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 July 2023.
Serious
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A394 in Cornwall, 26 July 2023
3 m awayRef 2023501334505
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A394 in Cornwall, 4 January 2012
4 m awayRef 201250AH2Q001
Slight
Mini One crash on the A394 in Cornwall, 10 January 2013
4 m awayRef 201350AH2Q001
Slight
Car crash on the A394 in Cornwall, 22 December 1980
8 m awayRef 198050A062607
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A394 in Cornwall, 23 August 1992
8 m awayRef 199250A231270
Fatal
Bus crash on the A394 in Cornwall, 1 February 1987
8 m awayRef 198750A230102
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2019500920307 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.