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A479 crash in Powys on 8 August 1998 at 11:52 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle crashed on the A479 in Powys at 11:52 on Saturday 8 August 1998. A 45-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 1998
Saturday, 11:52
Vehicles
1
Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90479, longitude -3.19347, in the NP8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199863BB13498
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
479
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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 February 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    450 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 199863BB13498 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 1998.