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A374 crash in Cornwall on 2 July 1996 at 09:15 involving a Honda MTX125RW motorcycle

A car and a Honda MTX125RW motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A374 in Cornwall at 09:15 on Tuesday 2 July 1996. The 48-year-old male rider of the Honda MTX125RW motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jul 1996
Tuesday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Honda MTX125RW
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37691, longitude -4.20179, in the PL11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torpoint.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650B622232
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
374
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda MTX125RW

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda MTX125RW)

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 199650B622232 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 1996.