A4061 crash in Bridgend on 19 December 2002 at 22:10 involving a Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle
A Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle and an Audi 80 were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Bridgend at 22:10 on Thursday 19 December 2002. The 52-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2002
- Thursday, 22:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha FZS 600 and Audi 80
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51137, longitude -3.57402, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridgend Central, Bridgend, CF31 1DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002620074501
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4061
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 May 2004.
Serious
Taxi crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 9 May 2004
At the same spotRef 2004620111002
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 6 February 2004
At the same spotRef 2004620102762
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 26 February 2004
At the same spotRef 2004620103820
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 23 September 2003
At the same spotRef 2003620092813
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 16 April 2005
At the same spotRef 2005620131082
Slight
DAF Trucks Fad 85CF crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 2 September 2005
At the same spotRef 2005620137299
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha FZS 600
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Audi 80
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FZS 600)
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 2002620074501 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 2002.