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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR18 on 1 September 2015 at 12:20 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle

A Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 12:20 on Tuesday 1 September 2015. The 23-year-old male rider of the Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 2015
Tuesday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Suzuki SV 650 and Suzuki Swift
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.10695, longitude -5.55009, in the TR18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newlyn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penzance Promenade, Cornwall, TR18 4QQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201550AP2J008
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 650

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    645 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,490 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)

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 201550AP2J008 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 2015.