A392 crash in Cornwall on 8 September 2021 at 17:22 involving a Renault Modus
A Renault Modus and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the A392 in Cornwall at 17:22 on Wednesday 8 September 2021. The 56-year-old female driver of the Renault Modus, the 23-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Octavia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Sep 2021
- Wednesday, 17:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Modus and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.40172, longitude -5.01643, in the TR8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021501095754
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 392
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2009.
Slight
Nissan D22 crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 17 January 2009
2 m awayRef 200950GN2L001
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 7 February 2013
10 m awayRef 201350GN2L003
Slight
Honda crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 14 September 2016
30 m awayRef 2016500110124
Serious
Car crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 17 January 2013
33 m awayRef 201350GN2L001
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 29 May 2009
40 m awayRef 200950GN2L012
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A392 in Cornwall, 8 July 2011
48 m awayRef 201150GN2L012
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Modus
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Modus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2021501095754 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.