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B3297 crash in Cornwall on 17 August 1981 at 16:55 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the B3297 in Cornwall at 16:55 on Monday 17 August 1981. A 32-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1981
Monday, 16:55
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.17405, longitude -5.2491, in the TR13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150A021590
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3297
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2009.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 198150A021590 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 1981.