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A4042 crash in Torfaen on 10 July 2003 at 09:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A4042 in Torfaen at 09:00 on Thursday 10 July 2003. The 69-year-old male rider and a 69-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an oily dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jul 2003
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63878, longitude -3.0011, in the NP44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llantarnam, Torfaen, NP44 3GH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003610078403
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4042
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    750 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (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 2003610078403 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torfaen road accident statistics for 2003.