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Serious A389 crash in Cornwall on 30 December 1992 at 17:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A389 in Cornwall at 17:00 on Wednesday 30 December 1992. The 60-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured and the 56-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Dec 1992
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Yamaha
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.53993, longitude -4.95518, in the PL28 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199250B321713
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
389
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3276

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 64 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 November 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199250B321713 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 1992.