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Fatal B3302 crash in Cornwall on 10 June 1984 at 14:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B3302 in Cornwall at 14:30 on Sunday 10 June 1984. The 28-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed and the 17-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
10 Jun 1984
Sunday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.14508, longitude -5.34401, in the TR13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198450A230970
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3302
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 29 January 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198450A230970 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 1984.