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C road crash in Cornwall TR10 on 12 February 1981 at 22:50 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 22:50 on Thursday 12 February 1981. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and an 18-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Feb 1981
Thursday, 22:50
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.1644, longitude -5.13206, in the TR10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150A110292
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, 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 198150A110292 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 1981.