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Serious A390 crash in Cornwall on 10 November 1985 at 19:50 involving a van

A van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A390 in Cornwall at 19:50 on Sunday 10 November 1985. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Nov 1985
Sunday, 19:50
Vehicles
2
Van and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.25974, longitude -5.06549, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550A412204
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, 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 198550A412204 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.