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A48(M) crash in Newport on 8 November 1982 at 20:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A48(M) in Newport at 20:30 on Monday 8 November 1982. The 20-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 1982
Monday, 20:30
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54445, longitude -3.08725, in the CF3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198261A460820
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 49 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, 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 198261A460820 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newport road accident statistics for 1982.