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Serious B3311 crash in Cornwall on 14 February 1980 at 01:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B3311 in Cornwall at 01:15 on Thursday 14 February 1980. A 23-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 and a 25-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were seriously injured and the 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Feb 1980
Thursday, 01:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.17378, longitude -5.50865, in the TR20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198050A030274
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3311
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198050A030274 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 1980.