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A39 crash in Cornwall on 9 May 1980 at 08:40 involving a lorry

A lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 08:40 on Friday 9 May 1980. The 28-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 May 1980
Friday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Lorry and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.2585, longitude -5.04745, in the TR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Truro.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198050A080766
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 March 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198050A080766 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 1980.