B3271 crash in Cornwall on 18 October 2021 at 14:53 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Suzuki Ignis were involved in a crash on the B3271 in Cornwall at 14:53 on Monday 18 October 2021. The 25-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Oct 2021
- Monday, 14:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Suzuki Ignis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.4176, longitude -4.23437, in the PL12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Saltash. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saltash Tamar, Cornwall, PL12 6LW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021501107168
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3271
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 slight injury crash on 12 December 2019.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B3271 in Cornwall, 12 December 2019
3 m awayRef 2019500917716
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B3271 in Cornwall, 5 January 2022
3 m awayRef 2022501142497
Slight
Mitsubishi Space Star crash on the B3271 in Cornwall, 11 November 2009
4 m awayRef 200950BS2G026
Serious
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the B3271 in Cornwall, 2 December 2008
4 m awayRef 200850BS2G026
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3271 in Cornwall, 16 April 2022
4 m awayRef 2022501172117
Slight
Car crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 2 January 1986
16 m awayRef 198650B610004
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Ignis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,328 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2021501107168 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.