Serious C road crash in Cornwall PL24 on 20 May 1982 at 09:55 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 09:55 on Thursday 20 May 1982. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 May 1982
- Thursday, 09:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35054, longitude -4.71706, in the PL24 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Blazey.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198250B420549
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 20, motorcyclist, 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 198250B420549 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.