A3047 crash in Cornwall on 20 June 2007 at 21:35 involving a Baotian BT 50 motorcycle
A motorcycle and a Baotian BT 50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3047 in Cornwall at 21:35 on Wednesday 20 June 2007. The 16-year-old female rider of the motorcycle and the 16-year-old female rider of the Baotian BT 50 motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jun 2007
- Wednesday, 21:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Baotian BT 50
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.22576, longitude -5.27598, in the TR15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pool & Tehidy, Cornwall, TR15 3RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200750A22I001
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3047
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2009.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 20 January 2009
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Slight
Car crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 18 December 2005
At the same spotRef 200550A22Q731
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 23 February 2003
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Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 26 November 2005
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Serious
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 50 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Baotian BT 50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 16, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Baotian BT 50)
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 200750A22I001 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 2007.