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Fatal A30 crash in Cornwall on 31 January 2025 at 02:35 involving a Honda CBF 125 motorcycle

A Honda CBF 125 motorcycle crashed on the A30 in Cornwall at 02:35 on Friday 31 January 2025. The 36-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
31 Jan 2025
Friday, 02:35
Vehicles
1
Honda CBF 125
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.12776, longitude -5.51672, in the TR18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penzance East, Cornwall, TR18 3DP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025501548568
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
30

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBF 125

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Over 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF 125)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Over 100 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 2025501548568 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 2025.