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Serious unclassified road crash in Cornwall PL34 on 15 September 2022 at 16:13 involving a Kawasaki VN motorcycle

A Kawasaki VN motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 16:13 on Thursday 15 September 2022. The 74-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Sep 2022
Thursday, 16:13
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki VN
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.66501, longitude -4.74138, in the PL34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022501242597
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3263

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
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, 38 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki VN

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Lane or location
    Cycleway or shared use footway (not part of main carriageway)
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 74, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki VN)

    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 2022501242597 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 2022.