A374 crash in Cornwall on 4 November 2025 at 12:52 involving a Volkswagen Fox
A Volkswagen Fox and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the A374 in Cornwall at 12:52 on Tuesday 4 November 2025. The 43-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Fox, a 45-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Fox and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Fox were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2025
- Tuesday, 12:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Fox and Ford Transit Custom
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38732, longitude -4.30973, in the PL11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501685291
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 374
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 2004.
Slight
Kawasaki crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 24 July 2004
2 m awayRef 200450B62K190
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A374 in Cornwall, 16 March 1990
10 m awayRef 199050B610382
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A374 in Cornwall, 17 July 1982
10 m awayRef 198250B620813
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A374 in Cornwall, 13 September 1981
10 m awayRef 198150B211241
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A374 in Cornwall, 28 April 1979
10 m awayRef 197950B210537
Serious
Car crash on the A374 in Cornwall, 26 November 1979
10 m awayRef 197950B211785
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Fox
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Fox)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Fox)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Fox)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2025501685291 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.