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Serious C road crash in Cornwall PL15 on 21 July 1981 at 07:40 involving a lorry

Two lorries were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 07:40 on Tuesday 21 July 1981. All four casualties were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jul 1981
Tuesday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Lorry and another
Casualties
4
4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.61123, longitude -4.39704, in the PL15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150B240913
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
Using private drive or entrance
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 170 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 198150B240913 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.