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A469 crash in Cardiff on 19 August 1994 at 10:05 involving a BMW R 80 RT T motorcycle

A BMW R 80 RT T motorcycle and a Volvo 740 were involved in a crash on the A469 in Cardiff at 10:05 on Friday 19 August 1994. An 8-year-old male pedestrian hit by the BMW R 80 RT T motorcycle and a 35-year-old female pedestrian hit by the BMW R 80 RT T motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Aug 1994
Friday, 10:05
Vehicles
2
BMW R 80 RT T and Volvo 740
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50208, longitude -3.19141, in the CF14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199462L044894
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
469
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 22 January 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW R 80 RT T

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 740

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW R 80 RT T)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW R 80 RT T)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199462L044894 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 1994.