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Serious A48 crash in Newport on 15 November 1998 at 16:40 involving a Honda CG125B motorcycle

A Honda CG125B motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A48 in Newport at 16:40 on Sunday 15 November 1998. The 44-year-old male rider of the Honda CG125B motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Nov 1998
Sunday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Honda CG125B and taxi
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60322, longitude -2.91192, in the NP18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Langstone.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998610143698
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CG125B

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CG125B)

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 1998610143698 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newport road accident statistics for 1998.