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Serious C road crash in Cornwall TR18 on 5 April 1993 at 12:00 involving a CZ 125 D/L motorcycle

A CZ 125 D/L motorcycle crashed on a C road in Cornwall at 12:00 on Monday 5 April 1993. The 21-year-old male rider 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
5 Apr 1993
Monday, 12:00
Vehicles
1
CZ 125 D/L
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.11977, longitude -5.53324, in the TR18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penzance.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199350A310641
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
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: CZ 125 D/L

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Road works
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, 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 199350A310641 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 1993.