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Serious A3082 crash in Cornwall on 13 July 1979 at 20:10 involving a car

A car hit three pedestrians on the A3082 in Cornwall at 20:10 on Friday 13 July 1979. A 1-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 24-year-old male pedestrian and a 4-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Jul 1979
Friday, 20:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.33698, longitude -4.64179, in the PL23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197950B200920
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3082
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 1, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 197950B200920 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 1979.