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Serious B3271 crash in Cornwall on 5 June 1982 at 13:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B3271 in Cornwall at 13:20 on Saturday 5 June 1982. A 51-year-old male pedestrian was seriously 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
5 Jun 1982
Saturday, 13:20
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.40886, longitude -4.21509, in the PL12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Saltash.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198250B610631
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3271
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 serious injury crash on 29 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198250B610631 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.