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A389 crash in Cornwall on 22 September 1994 at 13:40 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Triumph motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A389 in Cornwall at 13:40 on Thursday 22 September 1994. The 47-year-old male rider of the Triumph motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Sep 1994
Thursday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Triumph
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.47024, longitude -4.73336, in the PL31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bodmin.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199450B311601
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
389
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
389

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 24 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    885 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Triumph)

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 199450B311601 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 1994.