A466 crash in Monmouthshire on 23 July 2002 at 08:30 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire at 08:30 on Tuesday 23 July 2002. The 35-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2002
- Tuesday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62142, longitude -2.67339, in the NP16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bulwark and Thornwell, Monmouthshire, NP16 5RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002610070902
- Council area
- Monmouthshire
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 466
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2024.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 28 April 2024
8 m awayRef 2024610013724
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 25 July 2005
10 m awayRef 2005610061305
Slight
Car crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 2 November 2025
11 m awayRef 2025610047225
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 13 September 2003
14 m awayRef 2003610102403
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 14 December 1992
14 m awayRef 199261B48692T
Slight
Rover Maestro crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 15 November 1998
14 m awayRef 1998610146198
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 35, 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 2002610070902 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.