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Serious B3285 crash in Cornwall on 2 May 1983 at 12:05 involving a bus or coach

Two buses or coaches were involved in a crash on the B3285 in Cornwall at 12:05 on Monday 2 May 1983. An 80-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 May 1983
Monday, 12:05
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.34269, longitude -5.15911, in the TR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Perranporth.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198350A420772
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3285
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 80, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 198350A420772 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.