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Fatal A40 crash in Monmouthshire on 15 November 1998 at 13:00 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle, a Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle and a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A40 in Monmouthshire at 13:00 on Sunday 15 November 1998. The 34-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle and the 35-year-old male rider of the Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle were killed and the 30-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Nov 1998
Sunday, 13:00
Vehicles
3
Honda and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83555, longitude -3.07291, in the NP7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998610141098
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 March 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki TL 1000

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Yamaha YZF R1

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki TL 1000)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 3 (Yamaha YZF R1)

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 1998610141098 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 1998.