A39 crash in Cornwall on 2 June 2023 at 17:09 involving a Peugeot 2008
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jun 2023
- Friday, 17:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 2008 and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85584, longitude -4.51091, in the EX23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023501314381
- 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
- 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 2008.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 31 December 2008
22 m awayRef 200850BU2B009
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 17 July 2011
187 m awayRef 201150BU2L012
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 1 June 1991
218 m awayRef 199150B710642
Serious
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 25 May 2008
219 m awayRef 200850BU2B002
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 23 June 1991
219 m awayRef 199150B710791
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 9 October 2011
225 m awayRef 201150BU2L021
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- 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 2023501314381 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 2023.