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Serious A458 crash in Powys on 15 August 1998 at 19:26 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the A458 in Powys at 19:26 on Saturday 15 August 1998. The 27-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured and a 52-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny 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
Serious
Date
15 Aug 1998
Saturday, 19:26
Vehicles
2
Honda and Nissan Sunny
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65967, longitude -3.31122, in the SY21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199863NN11698
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
458
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, 91 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 February 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

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

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199863NN11698 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.