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A39 crash in Cornwall on 24 March 2002 at 14:45 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on the A39 in Cornwall at 14:45 on Sunday 24 March 2002. The 32-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Mar 2002
Sunday, 14:45
Vehicles
1
Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.16672, longitude -5.12684, in the TR10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Constantine, Mabe & Mawnan, Cornwall, TR10 9LX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200250A230970
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    249 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (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 200250A230970 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 2002.