A30 crash in Cornwall on 1 September 2023 at 16:00 involving a Dacia Sandero
Two cars, a Dacia Sandero and a Peugeot Boxer van were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 16:00 on Friday 1 September 2023. The 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2023
- Friday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Dacia Sandero and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.44062, longitude -4.72778, in the PL30 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023501347690
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2007.
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 30 March 2007
9 m awayRef 200750B31D595
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 25 August 2023
30 m awayRef 2023501345600
Slight
Scania crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 16 March 2023
58 m awayRef 2023501288118
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 13 November 2000
65 m awayRef 200050B314306
Slight
Mazda CX-5 crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 26 September 2025
83 m awayRef 2025501646924
Slight
Saab 9000 crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 4 April 1994
96 m awayRef 199450B310572
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Dacia Sandero
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot Boxer
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023501347690 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.