A3047 crash in Cornwall on 18 September 2020 at 19:55 involving a Smart Fortwo
A car and a Smart Fortwo were involved in a crash on the A3047 in Cornwall at 19:55 on Friday 18 September 2020. The 72-year-old male driver of the Smart Fortwo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Sep 2020
- Friday, 19:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Smart Fortwo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.22097, longitude -5.26915, in the TR15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pool & Tehidy, Cornwall, TR15 3FT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020500996472
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3047
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 slight injury crash on 25 August 2021.
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 25 August 2021
At the same spotRef 2021501082652
Serious
Audi A6 crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 28 November 2018
At the same spotRef 2018500802777
Slight
Citroen DS3 crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 1 August 2020
1 m awayRef 2020500982450
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 5 April 2018
1 m awayRef 2018500285427
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 20 October 2015
1 m awayRef 201550AC3C028
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 17 September 2017
2 m awayRef 2017500228302
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Smart Fortwo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 698 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Smart Fortwo)
- 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 2020500996472 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 2020.