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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall PL28 on 21 February 2000 at 13:10 involving a Mercedes 300 van

A Mercedes 300 van and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 13:10 on Monday 21 February 2000. The 62-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Feb 2000
Monday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 300 and Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.54093, longitude -4.94164, in the PL28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Padstow.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200050B310585
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
60 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 200050B310585 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 2000.