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C road crash in Cornwall TR27 on 17 January 1990 at 15:35 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 15:35 on Wednesday 17 January 1990. The 40-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 1990
Wednesday, 15:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.18799, longitude -5.40306, in the TR27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hayle.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050A330151
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    97 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 199050A330151 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 1990.