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Serious A4050 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 29 May 2004 at 15:00 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a Kawasaki ZR1100 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 15:00 on Saturday 29 May 2004. A 44-year-old female passenger on the Kawasaki ZR1100 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 52-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZR1100 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 May 2004
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and Kawasaki ZR1100
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44912, longitude -3.26333, in the CF5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, CF5 6BX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004620110267
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
The Vale of Glamorgan

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4050
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZR1100

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,052 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZR1100)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZR1100)

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 2004620110267 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 2004.