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Fatal B3291 crash in Cornwall on 14 July 1985 at 00:10 involving a car

A car crashed on the B3291 in Cornwall at 00:10 on Sunday 14 July 1985. A 22-year-old male passenger was killed and the 22-year-old male driver and a 21-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Jul 1985
Sunday, 00:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.09301, longitude -5.21312, in the TR12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550A231235
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3291
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 March 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198550A231235 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 1985.