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Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF47 on 18 April 1989 at 15:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 15:45 on Tuesday 18 April 1989. An 8-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 1989
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76331, longitude -3.3939, in the CF47 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989620A06500
Council area
Merthyr Tydfil
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
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 23 February 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    243 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, 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 1989620A06500 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merthyr Tydfil road accident statistics for 1989.