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Serious A4043 crash in Torfaen on 18 March 1993 at 19:00 involving a Honda NS125R motorcycle

A Honda NS125R motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A4043 in Torfaen at 19:00 on Thursday 18 March 1993. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda NS125R motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Mar 1993
Thursday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Honda NS125R and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70942, longitude -3.05039, in the NP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontypool.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199361B084930
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4043
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda NS125R

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda NS125R)

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 199361B084930 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.