Serious unclassified road crash in Swansea SA1 on 14 November 2006 at 18:41 involving a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Swansea at 18:41 on Tuesday 14 November 2006. A 38-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Nov 2006
- Tuesday, 18:41
- Vehicles
- 1
- Yamaha Ybr 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63157, longitude -3.96875, in the SA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cockett, Swansea, SA1 6SB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006620160168
- Council area
- Swansea
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 2006.
Slight
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Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 17 August 2019
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Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 22 December 2010
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Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 25 March 2012
30 m awayRef 2012620215513
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 24 November 1999
45 m awayRef 199962J034699
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha Ybr 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 38, hit by vehicle 1 (Yamaha Ybr 125)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2006620160168 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 2006.