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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall PL10 on 29 November 1985 at 17:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 17:00 on Friday 29 November 1985. A 47-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Nov 1985
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35129, longitude -4.21522, in the PL10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550B621859
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 198550B621859 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.