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A389 crash in Cornwall on 4 November 1985 at 15:25 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A389 in Cornwall at 15:25 on Monday 4 November 1985. A 10-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 1985
Monday, 15:25
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.47024, longitude -4.73322, in the PL31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bodmin.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550B311666
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
389
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 198550B311666 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.