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Fatal unclassified road crash in Cornwall PL18 on 3 August 1997 at 22:03 involving a Kawasaki AR125 motorcycle

A Kawasaki AR125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 22:03 on Sunday 3 August 1997. The 36-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Aug 1997
Sunday, 22:03
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki AR125
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.49717, longitude -4.20653, in the PL18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750B532662
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 May 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki AR125

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki AR125)

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 199750B532662 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.