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Serious C road crash in Cornwall EX23 on 16 April 1990 at 19:20 involving a Kawasaki EX305 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX305 motorcycle and a Datsun 100 were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 19:20 on Monday 16 April 1990. The 18-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki EX305 motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Apr 1990
Monday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki EX305 and Datsun 100
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83051, longitude -4.54531, in the EX23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bude.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050B710545
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX305

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Datsun 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX305)

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 199050B710545 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.