A389 crash in Cornwall on 11 August 1999 at 19:00 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Ducati motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A389 in Cornwall at 19:00 on Wednesday 11 August 1999. The 46-year-old male rider of the Ducati motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Aug 1999
- Wednesday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Ducati
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.5334, longitude -4.95105, in the PL28 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199950B313018
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 389
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3276
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2012.
Slight
Volvo S80 crash on the A389 in Cornwall, 25 May 2012
9 m awayRef 201250BW3L007
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A389 in Cornwall, 8 July 2009
10 m awayRef 200950BW3L012
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A389 in Cornwall, 13 June 2025
11 m awayRef 2025501602323
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A389 in Cornwall, 19 September 2005
14 m awayRef 200550B32M135
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A389 in Cornwall, 5 February 1994
50 m awayRef 199450B320244
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A389 in Cornwall, 5 April 1997
73 m awayRef 199750B321100
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ducati
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Ducati)
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 199950B313018 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 1999.