Serious unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR3 on 11 September 2017 at 17:31 involving a Hyundai i10
A Hyundai i10 and a Keeway Superlight motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 17:31 on Monday 11 September 2017. The 38-year-old male rider of the Keeway Superlight motorcycle was seriously injured and a 21-year-old male passenger on the Keeway Superlight motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Sep 2017
- Monday, 17:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai i10 and Keeway Superlight
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.21544, longitude -5.12139, in the TR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Perranarworthal.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500233880
- 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
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2005.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 24 August 2005
10 m awayRef 200550A42K954
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Cornwall, 29 December 1986
15 m awayRef 198650A412449
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Cornwall, 25 March 1990
28 m awayRef 199050A510440
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 6 June 2025
62 m awayRef 2025501599471
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 25 July 2005
66 m awayRef 200550A22J261
Slight
Vauxhall Midi crash on a C road in Cornwall, 7 January 1993
87 m awayRef 199350A410099
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Keeway Superlight
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Keeway Superlight)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Keeway Superlight)
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 2017500233880 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 2017.