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A3083 crash in Cornwall on 13 January 1997 at 14:20 involving a BSA motorcycle

A car and a BSA motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3083 in Cornwall at 14:20 on Monday 13 January 1997. The 48-year-old female rider of the BSA motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jan 1997
Monday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Car and BSA
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.01783, longitude -5.225, in the TR12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750A230051
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3083
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: BSA

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    650 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (BSA)

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 199750A230051 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 1997.