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Serious C road crash in Cornwall PL26 on 1 September 2012 at 16:25 involving a Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle crashed on a C road in Cornwall at 16:25 on Saturday 1 September 2012. The 19-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Sep 2012
Saturday, 16:25
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GSXR 750
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3756, longitude -4.76247, in the PL26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201250GA2D017
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 49 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 750

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 750)

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 201250GA2D017 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.