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A394 crash in Cornwall on 6 May 1983 at 22:50 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A394 in Cornwall at 22:50 on Friday 6 May 1983. A 28-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 May 1983
Friday, 22:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.10082, longitude -5.27491, in the TR13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Helston.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198350A230778
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
394
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Auto traffic signal, out
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198350A230778 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 1983.