Serious A470 crash in Powys on 25 April 2002 at 14:40 involving a Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle
A Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle, a Vauxhall Astra and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 14:40 on Thursday 25 April 2002. The 30-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Apr 2002
- Thursday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda CBR1100XX and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97691, longitude -3.33141, in the LD3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200263DP13802
- 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
- 60 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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 December 2004.
Serious
Daihatsu Fourtrak crash on the A470 in Powys, 20 December 2004
22 m awayRef 200463DP52604
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A470 in Powys, 21 February 2025
23 m awayRef 2025631556817
Slight
Massey Ferguson crash on the A470 in Powys, 4 June 2014
32 m awayRef 201463DP13014
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A470 in Powys, 17 July 1999
40 m awayRef 199963BB12199
Slight
Car crash on the A470 in Powys, 10 November 1989
54 m awayRef 198963D539989
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A470 in Powys, 23 January 1991
54 m awayRef 199163D503391
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR1100XX
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,137 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Tram or light rail track
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR1100XX)
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 200263DP13802 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.