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Serious A3082 crash in Cornwall on 28 April 1997 at 18:25 involving a Mazda 323

A Mazda 323, an Austin Maestro and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on the A3082 in Cornwall at 18:25 on Monday 28 April 1997. The 31-year-old female driver of the Mazda 323 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Apr 1997
Monday, 18:25
Vehicles
3
Mazda 323 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.34319, longitude -4.72366, in the PL24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750B411263
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3082
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,490 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 3: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)

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 199750B411263 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 1997.