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Serious C road crash in Cornwall PL26 on 15 July 1990 at 00:01 involving a CZ 125 D/L motorcycle

A CZ 125 D/L motorcycle crashed on a C road in Cornwall at 00:01 on Sunday 15 July 1990. The 34-year-old male rider and a 43-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jul 1990
Sunday, 00:01
Vehicles
1
CZ 125 D/L
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35263, longitude -4.89151, 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
199050B411092
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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 15 July 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: CZ 125 D/L

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (CZ 125 D/L)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 43, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (CZ 125 D/L)

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 199050B411092 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.