Serious B3298 crash in Cornwall on 9 June 2021 at 07:14 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a van were involved in a crash on the B3298 in Cornwall at 07:14 on Wednesday 9 June 2021. The 20-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 207 was seriously injured and the 34-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Jun 2021
- Wednesday, 07:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.25028, longitude -5.18758, in the TR16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021501060146
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3298
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2004.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B3298 in Cornwall, 24 October 2004
5 m awayRef 200450A22P327
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3298 in Cornwall, 26 November 1988
5 m awayRef 198850A222015
Slight
Car crash on the B3298 in Cornwall, 14 November 1982
9 m awayRef 198250A222323
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 2 July 2021
23 m awayRef 2021501071800
Slight
Car crash on the B3298 in Cornwall, 6 June 1986
39 m awayRef 198650A220915
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B3298 in Cornwall, 26 July 2009
55 m awayRef 200950GT3D009
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,880 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021501060146 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 2021.