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A4120 crash in Ceredigion on 22 February 2000 at 19:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Suzuki UC 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion at 19:00 on Tuesday 22 February 2000. The 19-year-old male rider of the Suzuki UC 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Feb 2000
Tuesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Suzuki UC 125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40075, longitude -4.06956, in the SY23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberystwyth.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200063AA02900
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4120
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 26 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki UC 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki UC 125)

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 200063AA02900 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 2000.