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Serious B3374 crash in Cornwall on 27 June 1990 at 15:15 involving a Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B3374 in Cornwall at 15:15 on Wednesday 27 June 1990. The 23-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jun 1990
Wednesday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki EX500 and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.36614, longitude -4.78011, in the PL26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050B411012
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3374
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX500

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX500)

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 199050B411012 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.