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Serious A455 crash in Newport on 3 May 2000 at 09:05 involving a Suzuki GSX 750 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSX 750 motorcycle crashed on the A455 in Newport at 09:05 on Wednesday 3 May 2000. The 43-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 May 2000
Wednesday, 09:05
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GSX 750
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57746, longitude -2.96844, in the NP19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000610050000
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
455
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 24 November 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSX 750

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSX 750)

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 2000610050000 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 2000.