A39 crash in Cornwall on 28 January 2024 at 12:50 involving a Citroen C1
A car and a Citroen C1 were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 12:50 on Sunday 28 January 2024. The 22-year-old female driver of the Citroen C1 and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jan 2024
- Sunday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Citroen C1
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.31705, longitude -5.03278, in the TR4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024501410501
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
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
- 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
- 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2012.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 6 October 2012
15 m awayRef 201250GE4W005
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 29 December 2015
15 m awayRef 201550GE4W005
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 14 December 2012
15 m awayRef 201250GE4W008
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 19 November 2020
15 m awayRef 2020501003391
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 7 September 2003
19 m awayRef 200350A51K462
Slight
Honda CR-V crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 15 May 2024
20 m awayRef 2024501443285
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C1)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C1)
- 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 2024501410501 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 2024.