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A30 crash in Cornwall on 20 October 2012 at 21:08 involving a Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle crashed on the A30 in Cornwall at 21:08 on Saturday 20 October 2012. The 26-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Oct 2012
Saturday, 21:08
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX750
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45787, longitude -4.6932, in the PL30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bodmin St Petroc's, Cornwall, PL30 4AW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201250BB2K036
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
Slip road
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
Dark, no street lighting
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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX750

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX750)

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 201250BB2K036 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 2012.