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A4060 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 31 May 1997 at 19:25 involving a Honda CBX550F motorcycle

A Honda CBX550F motorcycle crashed on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil at 19:25 on Saturday 31 May 1997. The 35-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 May 1997
Saturday, 19:25
Vehicles
1
Honda CBX550F
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7638, longitude -3.3361, in the CF48 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762A008297
Council area
Merthyr Tydfil
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4060
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBX550F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    572 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CBX550F)

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 199762A008297 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.