Serious B3302 crash in Cornwall on 1 September 2002 at 19:30 involving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle and a Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3302 in Cornwall at 19:30 on Sunday 1 September 2002. The 46-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle and the male rider of the Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Sep 2002
- Sunday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Harley-Davidson and Suzuki GSF 1200
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.14715, longitude -5.34481, in the TR27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200250A333701
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3302
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 February 2024.
Serious
BMW R Series crash on the B3302 in Cornwall, 11 February 2024
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Serious
Car crash on the B3302 in Cornwall, 7 September 1981
14 m awayRef 198150A011763
Slight
Car crash on the B3302 in Cornwall, 10 March 2015
32 m awayRef 201550AH2T002
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3302 in Cornwall, 3 April 2016
36 m awayRef 2016500059779
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the B3302 in Cornwall, 30 July 2019
36 m awayRef 2019500882122
Slight
Mini One crash on the B3302 in Cornwall, 10 August 2023
38 m awayRef 2023501340131
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 883 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSF 1200
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,157 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson)
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSF 1200)
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 200250A333701 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.