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A3075 crash in Cornwall on 24 August 1982 at 16:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A3075 in Cornwall at 16:00 on Tuesday 24 August 1982. The 46-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Aug 1982
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.4059, longitude -5.07619, in the TR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198250A611683
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3075
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (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 198250A611683 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.