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Serious C road crash in Torfaen NP44 on 24 August 1993 at 21:40 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on a C road in Torfaen at 21:40 on Tuesday 24 August 1993. The 21-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured and the 46-year-old female driver of the Ford Cortina was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Aug 1993
Tuesday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki and Ford Cortina
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6445, longitude -3.03067, in the NP44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cwmbrân.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993610085393
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 4 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

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 1993610085393 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torfaen road accident statistics for 1993.