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Serious B3277 crash in Cornwall on 7 April 1992 at 17:00 involving a Morris Marina

A Morris Marina and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B3277 in Cornwall at 17:00 on Tuesday 7 April 1992. The 80-year-old male driver of the Morris Marina, an 80-year-old female passenger in the Morris Marina and the 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Apr 1992
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Morris Marina and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.29238, longitude -5.19284, in the TR5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199250A420482
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3277
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris Marina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris Marina)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris Marina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 199250A420482 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 1992.