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Serious A470 crash in Powys on 26 April 2002 at 18:00 involving a Suzuki TS 50 motorcycle

A Suzuki TS 50 motorcycle crashed on the A470 in Powys at 18:00 on Friday 26 April 2002. The 16-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Apr 2002
Friday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
Suzuki TS 50
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44601, longitude -3.53679, in the SY18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Llanidloes. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llanidloes, Powys, SY18 6BS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200263DP13602
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
470
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki TS 50

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki TS 50)

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 200263DP13602 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.