A3059 crash in Cornwall on 25 May 2024 at 18:20 involving an Alfa Romeo Giulietta
An Alfa Romeo Giulietta and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A3059 in Cornwall at 18:20 on Saturday 25 May 2024. A 26-year-old female passenger in the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 May 2024
- Saturday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alfa Romeo Giulietta and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43354, longitude -4.96677, in the TR8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Columb Major, St Mawgan & St Wenn, Cornwall, TR8 4DZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024501448168
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3059
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 1998.
Slight
Car crash on the A3059 in Cornwall, 1 May 1998
7 m awayRef 199850A621446
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A3059 in Cornwall, 29 March 2002
7 m awayRef 200250A621066
Slight
Audi Avant crash on the A3059 in Cornwall, 8 October 1991
8 m awayRef 199150A621526
Slight
Bedford crash on the A3059 in Cornwall, 1 April 1991
8 m awayRef 199150A620426
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A3059 in Cornwall, 16 March 2002
16 m awayRef 200250A620892
Slight
Van crash on the A3059 in Cornwall, 28 July 1995
17 m awayRef 199550A621202
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2024501448168 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.