Unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF5 on 14 April 2005 at 06:55 involving a Yamaha SR 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha SR 125 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 06:55 on Thursday 14 April 2005. The 42-year-old male rider of the Yamaha SR 125 motorcycle and the 21-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Apr 2005
- Thursday, 06:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha SR 125 and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48665, longitude -3.21842, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1FP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005620129663
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 80 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 1994.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 21 August 1994
80 m awayRef 199462D024594
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 20 May 1989
102 m awayRef 1989620D10080
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 11 November 1987
102 m awayRef 1987620D20750
Slight
Nissan 200 crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 16 December 2010
106 m awayRef 2010620206362
Slight
Land Rover 110 crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 19 December 1995
120 m awayRef 199562D035395
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 15 September 1985
120 m awayRef 1985620D14810
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha SR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 42, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha SR 125)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2005620129663 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 2005.