Serious A39 crash in Cornwall on 21 December 2022 at 14:04 involving a Nissan Juke
A Nissan Juke, a BMW M1 and a Renault Kadjar were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 14:04 on Wednesday 21 December 2022. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Dec 2022
- Wednesday, 14:04
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Juke and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43396, longitude -4.93584, in the TR9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022501280237
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 39
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 52 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 1997.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 5 February 1997
52 m awayRef 199750A610384
Slight
Suzuki Jimny crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 28 February 2025
70 m awayRef 2025501559521
Fatal
Bicycle crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 25 July 1984
97 m awayRef 198450A621307
Serious
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 16 September 1984
97 m awayRef 198450A621739
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 20 July 1995
101 m awayRef 199550A621165
Serious
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 6 July 1981
110 m awayRef 198150A121240
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW M1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Renault Kadjar
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,333 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Juke)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW M1)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW M1)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Juke)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2022501280237 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 2022.