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Serious B3286 crash in Cornwall on 13 March 1982 at 14:30 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3286 in Cornwall at 14:30 on Saturday 13 March 1982. The 42-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 59-year-old female pedestrian hit by the motorcycle were seriously injured and a 55-year-old male pedestrian hit by the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Mar 1982
Saturday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.26367, longitude -5.05634, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198250A410386
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3286
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 59, hit by vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, hit by vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 198250A410386 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 1982.