B3298 crash in Cornwall on 24 February 2025 at 20:10 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Yamaha YZF motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3298 in Cornwall at 20:10 on Monday 24 February 2025. The 18-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Monday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Yamaha YZF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.25238, longitude -5.19512, in the TR16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Redruth Central, Carharrack & St Day, Cornwall, TR16 5BP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501561104
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3298
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 39 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B3298 in Cornwall, 8 September 2010
39 m awayRef 201050AC3G007
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3298 in Cornwall, 4 May 2017
41 m awayRef 2017500185441
Slight
Alfa Romeo 147 crash on the A3047 in Cornwall, 9 March 2017
48 m awayRef 2017500167774
Slight
Van crash on the B3298 in Cornwall, 10 April 1988
56 m awayRef 198850A220514
Slight
Citroen Dispatch crash on the B3298 in Cornwall, 3 August 2025
56 m awayRef 2025501625448
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B3298 in Cornwall, 3 February 2012
62 m awayRef 201250AC3G002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2025501561104 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.