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Fatal A482 crash in Ceredigion on 28 December 1996 at 15:30 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A482 in Ceredigion at 15:30 on Saturday 28 December 1996. The 30-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Dec 1996
Saturday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Honda and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23554, longitude -4.2588, in the SA46 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberaeron.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199663B547196
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
482
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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 11 February 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    9,603 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 199663B547196 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 1996.