A487 crash in Ceredigion on 12 April 2001 at 15:59 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A487 in Ceredigion at 15:59 on Thursday 12 April 2001. The 46-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Apr 2001
- Thursday, 15:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.11495, longitude -4.51086, in the SA43 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200163BC00701
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 1994.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 28 July 1994
At the same spotRef 199463B529294
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 14 October 2016
At the same spotRef 201663BC15616
Slight
Suzuki Wagon R+ crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 22 May 2001
At the same spotRef 200163BC03401
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 22 April 2017
At the same spotRef 201763B036017
Slight
Kia Pro Ceed crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 8 August 2025
6 m awayRef 2025631626506
Slight
Van crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 6 April 2023
6 m awayRef 202363B026823
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200163BC00701 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 2001.