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Serious B3249 crash in Cornwall on 31 July 1981 at 18:45 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the B3249 in Cornwall at 18:45 on Friday 31 July 1981. A 19-year-old female passenger in the car was seriously injured and the 18-year-old male driver of the car and the 33-year-old male driver of the van were 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
Serious
Date
31 Jul 1981
Friday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.40127, longitude -4.32732, in the PL12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150B220978
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3249
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
Special conditions at the site
Road sign or marking defective or obscured
Carriageway hazards
Permanent road signing or markings defective or obscured or inadequate

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 198150B220978 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.