Serious A387 crash in Cornwall on 19 July 2016 at 18:02 involving a Yamaha YN 50 Neos motorcycle
A Yamaha YN 50 Neos motorcycle and an MCC Smart were involved in a crash on the A387 in Cornwall at 18:02 on Tuesday 19 July 2016. The 18-year-old female rider of the Yamaha YN 50 Neos motorcycle 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
- 19 Jul 2016
- Tuesday, 18:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YN 50 Neos and MCC Smart
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.34903, longitude -4.47774, in the PL13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500094232
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 387
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2004.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A387 in Cornwall, 6 December 2004
9 m awayRef 200450B52R253
Serious
Iveco Daily crash on the A387 in Cornwall, 13 February 2025
29 m awayRef 2025501554084
Slight
Car crash on the A387 in Cornwall, 23 February 2011
33 m awayRef 201150BE2H003
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A387 in Cornwall, 2 August 1992
51 m awayRef 199250B520941
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A387 in Cornwall, 2 August 1994
51 m awayRef 199450B521348
Serious
Car crash on the A387 in Cornwall, 5 July 1981
51 m awayRef 198150B160819
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YN 50 Neos
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: MCC Smart
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YN 50 Neos)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2016500094232 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 2016.