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B3291 crash in Cornwall on 12 September 1985 at 21:40 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the B3291 in Cornwall at 21:40 on Thursday 12 September 1985. The 18-year-old male rider of the motor scooter and a 19-year-old male passenger on the motor scooter were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Sep 1985
Thursday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Car and motor scooter
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.16588, longitude -5.10051, in the TR10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penryn.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550A511791
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3291
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
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 4 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (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 198550A511791 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.