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Serious B4342 crash in Ceredigion on 8 August 1998 at 13:30 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Daihatsu Fourtrak were involved in a crash on the B4342 in Ceredigion at 13:30 on Saturday 8 August 1998. There were six casualties: two people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Aug 1998
Saturday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Daihatsu Fourtrak
Casualties
6
2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.19346, longitude -4.29602, in the SA47 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199863AA14698
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4342
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Fourtrak

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Other tow
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,765 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199863AA14698 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 1998.