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C road crash in Cornwall PL26 on 29 March 1983 at 08:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 08:45 on Tuesday 29 March 1983. The 31-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and the 62-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Mar 1983
Tuesday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.26419, longitude -4.83001, in the PL26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198350B410348
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
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, 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 198350B410348 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.