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A38 crash in Cornwall on 14 December 2024 at 19:05 involving a Peugeot 206

A Peugeot 206 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A38 in Cornwall at 19:05 on Saturday 14 December 2024. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2024
Saturday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 206 and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.4189, longitude -4.23364, in the PL12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saltash Tamar, Cornwall, PL12 6LW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024501530336
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
38

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    19 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Over 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2024501530336 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 2024.