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Serious C road crash in Cornwall TR16 on 14 January 2014 at 09:08 involving a Sym Symply motorcycle

A Sym Symply motorcycle crashed on a C road in Cornwall at 09:08 on Tuesday 14 January 2014. The 70-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jan 2014
Tuesday, 09:08
Vehicles
1
Sym Symply
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.24527, longitude -5.2533, in the TR16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Illogan.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201450AC3J007
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
30 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
Frost or ice

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, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Sym Symply

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sym Symply)

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 201450AC3J007 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 2014.