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Serious A483 crash in Powys on 26 March 2002 at 15:00 involving a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle

A Triumph Bonneville motorcycle and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A483 in Powys at 15:00 on Tuesday 26 March 2002. The 45-year-old male rider of the Triumph Bonneville motorcycle 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
26 Mar 2002
Tuesday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Triumph Bonneville and Renault Laguna
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16027, longitude -3.39915, in the LD2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llanelwedd, Powys, LD2 3SS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200263DP09302
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
483
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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Bonneville

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    790 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Bonneville)

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 200263DP09302 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 2002.