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Serious A4042 crash in Torfaen on 12 July 2009 at 16:42 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A4042 in Torfaen at 16:42 on Sunday 12 July 2009. The 50-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and a 50-year-old male passenger on vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jul 2009
Sunday, 16:42
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.693, longitude -3.02154, in the NP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontypool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontypool Fawr, Torfaen, NP4 0RF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009610043409
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4042
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,471 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 2009610043409 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torfaen road accident statistics for 2009.