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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall EX23 on 1 August 1997 at 15:30 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 15:30 on Friday 1 August 1997. A 41-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki motorcycle and the 35-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle were 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
1 Aug 1997
Friday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Renault 5 and Suzuki
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82592, longitude -4.53725, in the EX23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bude.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750B712733
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
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, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 199750B712733 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.