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A48 crash in Cardiff on 14 July 1979 at 23:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A48 in Cardiff at 23:30 on Saturday 14 July 1979. The male rider and a 28-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jul 1979
Saturday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50526, longitude -3.18761, in the CF14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979620C02200
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1979620C02200 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 1979.