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A39 crash in Cornwall on 26 May 1990 at 14:10 involving a Kawasaki KH100 motorcycle

A Kawasaki KH100 motorcycle and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 14:10 on Saturday 26 May 1990. The 31-year-old female rider of the Kawasaki KH100 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 May 1990
Saturday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki KH100 and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.22259, longitude -5.08554, in the TR3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050A410719
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
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 19 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki KH100

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    99 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KH100)

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 199050A410719 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.