B4591 crash in Caerphilly on 26 October 2005 at 10:50 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323 and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly at 10:50 on Wednesday 26 October 2005. The 20-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2005
- Wednesday, 10:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 323 and Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64727, longitude -3.13484, in the NP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abercarn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abercarn, Caerphilly, NP11 5GN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005610108705
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4591
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 18 December 2006
10 m awayRef 2006610102806
Slight
Bus crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 15 March 2005
10 m awayRef 2005610039605
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 29 July 2000
22 m awayRef 2000610088500
Slight
Bus crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 3 May 1995
30 m awayRef 1995610048295
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 19 December 2004
30 m awayRef 2004610146404
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 17 August 2019
31 m awayRef 2019610040919
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Honda
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 85 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda)
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 2005610108705 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2005.