A39 crash in Cornwall on 12 July 2025 at 17:12 involving a Peugeot 308
A Peugeot 308 and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 17:12 on Saturday 12 July 2025. The 27-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 308, a 26-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 308 and a 5-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 308 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2025
- Saturday, 17:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 308 and Ford Transit Custom
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45276, longitude -4.92943, in the TR9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501615289
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 2011.
Slight
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 6 November 2011
3 m awayRef 201150BW3P006
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 23 July 2012
85 m awayRef 201250GC2J011
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 4 November 2013
276 m awayRef 201350GC2J018
Slight
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 12 April 1988
305 m awayRef 198850A620538
Serious
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 3 January 1986
315 m awayRef 198650A620018
Slight
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 18 March 1983
406 m awayRef 198350A620480
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 308
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
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 308)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 308)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 308)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025501615289 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 2025.