Unclassified road crash in the Vale of Glamorgan CF64 on 1 April 1989 at 16:15 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan at 16:15 on Saturday 1 April 1989. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 1989
- Saturday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43471, longitude -3.1934, in the CF64 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penarth.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1989620E04000
- Council area
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Police force
- South Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 1995.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 9 January 1995
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Slight
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Slight
Kia Rio crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 27 September 2007
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Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 7 July 1979
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Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 25 September 1985
76 m awayRef 1985620E09640
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 6 March 2025
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 247 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, 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 1989620E04000 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 1989.