Serious B4598 crash in Monmouthshire on 16 April 2002 at 17:20 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B4598 in Monmouthshire at 17:20 on Tuesday 16 April 2002. The 38-year-old male rider was 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
- 16 Apr 2002
- Tuesday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71432, longitude -2.91114, in the NP15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002610040902
- Council area
- Monmouthshire
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4598
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 1998.
Slight
Car crash on the B4598 in Monmouthshire, 1 March 1998
10 m awayRef 1998610027498
Slight
Nissan Terrano crash on the B4598 in Monmouthshire, 1 November 2002
20 m awayRef 2002610120002
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4598 in Monmouthshire, 24 November 2012
32 m awayRef 2012610069612
Slight
Car crash on the B4598 in Monmouthshire, 8 February 1984
139 m awayRef 198461B056840
Serious
Car crash on the B4598 in Monmouthshire, 9 June 1983
166 m awayRef 198361B200830
Slight
Nissan Leaf crash on the B4598 in Monmouthshire, 31 January 2016
187 m awayRef 2016610005116
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,130 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (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 2002610040902 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Monmouthshire road accident statistics for 2002.