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A390 crash in Cornwall on 9 January 1990 at 17:15 involving a Renault 11

A motorcycle, a Renault 11 and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A390 in Cornwall at 17:15 on Tuesday 9 January 1990. The 58-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jan 1990
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
3
Renault 11 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.26458, longitude -5.09667, in the TR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Truro.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050A410039
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
390
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 1991.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 11

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, 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 199050A410039 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.