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Fatal B4283 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 12 April 1982 at 15:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B4283 in Neath Port Talbot at 15:15 on Monday 12 April 1982. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 17-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were killed and two other people were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Apr 1982
Monday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
4
2 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52987, longitude -3.71993, in the SA13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982620F01010
Council area
Neath Port Talbot
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4283
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1982620F01010 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Neath Port Talbot road accident statistics for 1982.