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M4 crash in Swansea on 7 March 2001 at 16:07 involving a Honda motorcycle

A car and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the M4 in Swansea at 16:07 on Wednesday 7 March 2001. The 51-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Mar 2001
Wednesday, 16:07
Vehicles
2
Car and Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67505, longitude -3.95516, in the SA5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llangyfelach, Swansea, SA5 7JJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swansea

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001620032437
Council area
Swansea
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 2001620032437 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 2001.