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Serious A3081 crash in Plymouth on 20 September 1981 at 16:50 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A3081 in Plymouth at 16:50 on Sunday 20 September 1981. All four casualties were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Sep 1981
Sunday, 16:50
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
4
4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38466, longitude -4.10396, in the PL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150E401198
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3081
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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 9 October 1981.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, 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 198150E401198 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Plymouth road accident statistics for 1981.