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A38 crash in Cornwall on 4 August 1982 at 11:30 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A38 in Cornwall at 11:30 on Wednesday 4 August 1982. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 21-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Aug 1982
Wednesday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41374, longitude -4.24207, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198250B610947
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, 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 198250B610947 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.