A30 crash in Cornwall on 26 May 2001 at 15:05 involving a Ford
A Ford, a Ford Escort and a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A30 in Cornwall at 15:05 on Saturday 26 May 2001. The 25-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 May 2001
- Saturday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.50808, longitude -4.66227, in the PL30 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150B311933
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 2018.
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 29 March 2018
37 m awayRef 2018500284856
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 28 September 2019
46 m awayRef 2019500893014
Slight
BMW X4 crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 18 April 2025
51 m awayRef 2025501579883
Slight
Seat Arona crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 30 September 2020
61 m awayRef 2020501002604
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 14 December 2012
88 m awayRef 201250BB2F016
Slight
Rover 45 crash on the A30 in Cornwall, 27 January 2016
88 m awayRef 2016500043935
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 3: Kawasaki ZX600
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 592 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 3 (Kawasaki ZX600)
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 200150B311933 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 2001.