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Fatal A39 crash in Cornwall on 12 February 1982 at 20:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 20:10 on Friday 12 February 1982. A 36-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was killed and the 33-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and the 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Feb 1982
Friday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.16298, longitude -5.08772, in the TR11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Falmouth.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198250A510212
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3290

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 9 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, 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 198250A510212 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 1982.