A39 crash in Cornwall on 24 June 2021 at 13:25 involving a Honda GLR 125 motorcycle
A Honda GLR 125 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 13:25 on Thursday 24 June 2021. The 19-year-old female rider of the Honda GLR 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jun 2021
- Thursday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda GLR 125 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.28728, longitude -5.04288, in the TR4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021501072941
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 39
- 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
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, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 December 2008.
Serious
Citroen Xantia crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 9 December 2008
13 m awayRef 200850GT3I007
Slight
Car crash on the A3076 in Cornwall, 14 January 1986
33 m awayRef 198650A410079
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 7 August 2000
54 m awayRef 200050A413393
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 30 August 2001
78 m awayRef 200150A413533
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 4 July 2014
78 m awayRef 201450GT3I006
Serious
Car crash on the A3076 in Cornwall, 10 May 1980
84 m awayRef 198050A080800
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda GLR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda GLR 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021501072941 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 2021.