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A394 crash in Cornwall on 25 January 1985 at 16:05 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on the A394 in Cornwall at 16:05 on Friday 25 January 1985. The 30-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jan 1985
Friday, 16:05
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.10234, longitude -5.27179, in the TR13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Helston.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550A230102
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
394
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 198550A230102 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 1985.