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A4102 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 8 September 1997 at 09:20 involving a Nissan Cherry

A Nissan Cherry and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil at 09:20 on Monday 8 September 1997. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was 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
8 Sep 1997
Monday, 09:20
Vehicles
2
Nissan Cherry and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76177, longitude -3.34807, in the CF48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762A011697
Council area
Merthyr Tydfil
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4102
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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 199762A011697 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.