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A39 crash in Cornwall on 28 April 1986 at 11:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 11:45 on Monday 28 April 1986. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Apr 1986
Monday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.51211, longitude -4.87332, in the PL27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198650B320910
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, 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 198650B320910 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 1986.