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Fatal A30 crash in Cornwall on 22 September 1987 at 12:50 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 12:50 on Tuesday 22 September 1987. A 25-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was killed and three other people were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
22 Sep 1987
Tuesday, 12:50
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
4
1 killed, 3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.40233, longitude -4.91114, in the TR9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198750B411247
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198750B411247 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 1987.