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B3276 crash in Cornwall on 21 October 1986 at 09:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B3276 in Cornwall at 09:00 on Tuesday 21 October 1986. The 32-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 1986
Tuesday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.53903, longitude -4.95513, in the PL28 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198650B321990
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3276
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3276

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198650B321990 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.