B3296 crash in Cornwall on 25 May 2018 at 19:07 involving a Suzuki DL 650 motorcycle
A Suzuki DL 650 motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B3296 in Cornwall at 19:07 on Friday 25 May 2018. The 35-year-old male rider of the Suzuki DL 650 motorcycle and the 70-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 May 2018
- Friday, 19:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki DL 650 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.02608, longitude -5.23663, in the TR12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500311408
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3296
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 September 2006.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B3296 in Cornwall, 16 September 2006
19 m awayRef 200650A23L506
Slight
Car crash on the B3296 in Cornwall, 27 January 2000
40 m awayRef 200050A230310
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 12 June 2001
42 m awayRef 200150A232210
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3296 in Cornwall, 15 June 1980
153 m awayRef 198050A061064
Slight
Yamaha XJ 900 S crash on the B3296 in Cornwall, 5 June 2007
158 m awayRef 200750A23G239
Slight
Dennis crash on the B3296 in Cornwall, 24 December 1998
166 m awayRef 199850A234906
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki DL 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki DL 650)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 70, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018500311408 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 2018.