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Serious A487 crash in Ceredigion on 16 August 2004 at 07:55 involving a Suzuki GSX 750 motorcycle

A car and a Suzuki GSX 750 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A487 in Ceredigion at 07:55 on Monday 16 August 2004. The 40-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 750 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Aug 2004
Monday, 07:55
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki GSX 750
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27012, longitude -4.19246, in the SY23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200463BC18104
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
487
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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

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, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 August 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSX 750

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSX 750)

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 200463BC18104 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2004.