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Serious C road crash in Cornwall PL14 on 4 February 1981 at 10:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 10:45 on Wednesday 4 February 1981. The 51-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Feb 1981
Wednesday, 10:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.49331, longitude -4.48694, in the PL14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150B150142
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198150B150142 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.