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Serious A390 crash in Cornwall on 19 February 1990 at 19:30 involving a Hillman Avenger

A bicycle and a Hillman Avenger were involved in a crash on the A390 in Cornwall at 19:30 on Monday 19 February 1990. The 16-year-old male cyclist and the 24-year-old male driver of the Hillman Avenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Feb 1990
Monday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Hillman Avenger
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45547, longitude -4.46453, in the PL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liskeard.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050B510271
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
390
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
A
Second road number
390

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hillman Avenger

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hillman Avenger)

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 199050B510271 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.