C road crash in Cornwall PL22 on 19 July 1980 at 12:30 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 12:30 on Saturday 19 July 1980. The 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 20-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 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
- 19 Jul 1980
- Saturday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39393, longitude -4.62948, in the PL22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198050B200900
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 94 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2006.
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on a C road in Cornwall, 19 January 2006
94 m awayRef 200650B52A574
Serious
Audi Q2 crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 16 December 2022
312 m awayRef 2022501254515
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 2 July 2000
366 m awayRef 200050B522312
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Cornwall, 24 June 1980
539 m awayRef 198050B150749
Fatal
Mini Cooper crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 20 September 2025
604 m awayRef 2025501644429
Slight
Austin Metro crash on a C road in Cornwall, 2 March 1993
762 m awayRef 199350B420188
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 198050B200900 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.