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Serious A487 crash in Ceredigion on 30 April 2000 at 12:30 involving a Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle

A car and a Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A487 in Ceredigion at 12:30 on Sunday 30 April 2000. A 34-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle and the 35-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle were seriously 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
30 Apr 2000
Sunday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki GSX 1300
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45559, longitude -4.01812, in the SY24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200063AA06400
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
487
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, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 3 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSX 1300

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSX 1300)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSX 1300)

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 200063AA06400 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.