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Serious B4598 crash in Monmouthshire on 13 December 1998 at 12:30 involving a Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the B4598 in Monmouthshire at 12:30 on Sunday 13 December 1998. The 45-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Dec 1998
Sunday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Suzuki GSF 1200 and Peugeot 306
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79908, longitude -2.99736, in the NP7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998610156398
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4598
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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, 55 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 July 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSF 1200

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,157 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 1200)

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 1998610156398 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.