B4278 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 20 May 2007 at 10:15 involving a Honda CB250 motorcycle
A Honda CB250 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B4278 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 10:15 on Sunday 20 May 2007. The 61-year-old male rider and a 22-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 2007
- Sunday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda CB250
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60432, longitude -3.41348, in the CF39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Porth.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007620166737
- Council area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4278
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 2009.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 6 January 2009
10 m awayRef 2009620185973
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 October 1990
20 m awayRef 1990620B06370
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 31 March 2003
42 m awayRef 2003620082966
Slight
Car crash on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 September 1987
50 m awayRef 1987620B19470
Fatal
Car crash on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 28 April 1979
51 m awayRef 1979620B02990
Slight
Car crash on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 June 1986
51 m awayRef 1986620B13760
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda CB250
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 234 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 61, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CB250)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda CB250)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2007620166737 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rhondda Cynon Taf road accident statistics for 2007.