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A390 crash in Cornwall on 12 July 1985 at 16:00 involving a bicycle

A bicycle hit a pedestrian on the A390 in Cornwall at 16:00 on Friday 12 July 1985. The 12-year-old male cyclist and an 11-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jul 1985
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.26187, longitude -5.07685, in the TR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Truro.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550A411236
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
390
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    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 198550A411236 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.