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Fatal B4436 crash in Swansea on 12 September 1982 at 23:05 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B4436 in Swansea at 23:05 on Sunday 12 September 1982. The 23-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Sep 1982
Sunday, 23:05
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5935, longitude -4.00517, in the SA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea.

Map of where the crash happened in Swansea

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982620J03280
Council area
Swansea
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4436
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 23, 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 1982620J03280 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 1982.