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A30 crash in Cornwall on 4 September 1985 at 12:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 12:15 on Wednesday 4 September 1985. The 20-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Sep 1985
Wednesday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.12845, longitude -5.50519, in the TR20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Longrock.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550A311685
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, 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 198550A311685 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.