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Serious A30 crash in Cornwall on 8 May 1981 at 16:32 involving a lorry

Two lorries and a car were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 16:32 on Friday 8 May 1981. The 44-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 May 1981
Friday, 16:32
Vehicles
3
Lorry and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35151, longitude -5.00982, in the TR8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150A120848
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

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 198150A120848 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.