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A4054 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 24 June 1997 at 14:20 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle and a Vauxhall Calibra were involved in a crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil at 14:20 on Tuesday 24 June 1997. The 37-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle and the 37-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Calibra 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
24 Jun 1997
Tuesday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Honda and Vauxhall Calibra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65755, longitude -3.30941, in the CF46 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762A008097
Council area
Merthyr Tydfil
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4054
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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    544 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Calibra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Calibra)

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 199762A008097 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merthyr Tydfil road accident statistics for 1997.