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Serious M4 crash in Swansea on 17 October 2000 at 00:01 involving a Toyota Avensis

A Toyota Avensis and a Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle were involved in a crash on the M4 in Swansea at 00:01 on Tuesday 17 October 2000. The 30-year-old male rider of the Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Oct 2000
Tuesday, 00:01
Vehicles
2
Toyota Avensis and Honda CB600 Hornet
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67722, longitude -3.91085, in the SA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swansea

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000620023265
Council area
Swansea
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,762 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CB600 Hornet

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CB600 Hornet)

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 2000620023265 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 2000.