B4358 crash in Powys on 3 August 2008 at 12:30 involving a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle
A car and a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4358 in Powys at 12:30 on Sunday 3 August 2008. The 35-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2008
- Sunday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Suzuki GSXR 1000
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1982, longitude -3.48814, in the LD2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200863DP32008
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4358
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2009.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4358 in Powys, 28 July 2009
At the same spotRef 200963DP32709
Slight
Volvo crash on the B4358 in Powys, 19 December 1994
366 m awayRef 199463D545594
Slight
Minibus crash on the B4358 in Powys, 10 March 1987
431 m awayRef 198763D006987
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B4358 in Powys, 9 April 1994
438 m awayRef 199463D511194
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4358 in Powys, 19 December 2001
516 m awayRef 200163DP38601
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4358 in Powys, 31 August 1983
520 m awayRef 19836383D0287
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,972 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSXR 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSXR 1000)
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 200863DP32008 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 2008.