Unclassified road crash in Cornwall PL13 on 15 September 2025 at 18:15 involving a BMW i4
A BMW i4 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 18:15 on Monday 15 September 2025. The 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2025
- Monday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW i4 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37544, longitude -4.41647, in the PL13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501643704
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2013.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on a C road in Cornwall, 20 August 2013
1 m awayRef 201350BE2J002
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Cornwall, 1 October 1980
185 m awayRef 198050B161351
Slight
Renault Master crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 6 June 2018
230 m awayRef 2018500303480
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 8 September 2013
345 m awayRef 201350BE2J003
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Cornwall, 7 January 1985
401 m awayRef 198550B520022
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 5 July 2001
507 m awayRef 200150B522519
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW i4
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2025501643704 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.