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Serious A449 crash in Monmouthshire on 3 December 1980 at 18:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A449 in Monmouthshire at 18:30 on Wednesday 3 December 1980. The 51-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1980
Wednesday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66127, longitude -2.88185, in the NP15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198061B54580T
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, 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 198061B54580T in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Monmouthshire road accident statistics for 1980.