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A489 crash in Powys on 6 October 1991 at 16:00 involving a Triumph motorcycle

A Triumph motorcycle crashed on the A489 in Powys at 16:00 on Sunday 6 October 1991. The 24-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Oct 1991
Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Triumph
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50514, longitude -3.22572, in the SY16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199163D535491
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
489
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, 91 metres away, was a fatal crash on 24 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    744 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Triumph)

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 199163D535491 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 1991.