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A390 crash in Cornwall on 26 August 2004 at 18:30 involving a Yamaha R6 motorcycle

A Yamaha R6 motorcycle and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the A390 in Cornwall at 18:30 on Thursday 26 August 2004. An 18-year-old female passenger on the Yamaha R6 motorcycle, the 42-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX and the 18-year-old male rider of the Yamaha R6 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Aug 2004
Thursday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Yamaha R6 and Citroen AX
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.26418, longitude -5.11905, in the TR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Threemilestone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Threemilestone & Chacewater, Cornwall, TR3 6FT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200450A41M050
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
390
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha R6

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)

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 200450A41M050 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 2004.