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Serious unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR7 on 10 May 1990 at 17:14 involving a Honda NH80MD motorcycle

A Honda NH80MD motorcycle and another vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 17:14 on Thursday 10 May 1990. The 62-year-old male rider of the Honda NH80MD motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 May 1990
Thursday, 17:14
Vehicles
2
Honda NH80MD and vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41351, longitude -5.07091, in the TR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newquay.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050A610654
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda NH80MD

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    79 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda NH80MD)

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 199050A610654 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.