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B4245 crash in Monmouthshire on 26 May 1997 at 20:10 involving a Citroen Xantia

A Citroen Xantia and a Kawasaki ZX400 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4245 in Monmouthshire at 20:10 on Monday 26 May 1997. The 18-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX400 motorcycle and a 19-year-old female passenger on the Kawasaki ZX400 motorcycle were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
26 May 1997
Monday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Citroen Xantia and Kawasaki ZX400
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59142, longitude -2.76372, in the NP26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caldicot.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610061397
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4245
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX400

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX400)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX400)

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 1997610061397 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 1997.