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Serious A472 crash in Monmouthshire on 17 March 1992 at 22:05 involving an Audi 80

An Audi 80 and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A472 in Monmouthshire at 22:05 on Tuesday 17 March 1992. The 21-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Mar 1992
Tuesday, 22:05
Vehicles
2
Audi 80 and Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70612, longitude -2.89575, in the NP15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199261B09992P
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
472
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 199261B09992P in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Monmouthshire road accident statistics for 1992.