A4222 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 21 February 2009 at 14:17 involving a Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle, a Mini Cooper and a car were involved in a crash on the A4222 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 14:17 on Saturday 21 February 2009. The 27-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 2009
- Saturday, 14:17
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki GSXR 600 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47377, longitude -3.42701, in the CF71 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009620187516
- Council area
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- The Vale of Glamorgan
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4222
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 November 2008.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 5 November 2008
32 m awayRef 2008620184030
Serious
Honda crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 20 September 1998
51 m awayRef 199862E024498
Slight
Car crash on the A4222 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 22 December 1981
100 m awayRef 1981620E03510
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4222 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 25 December 2012
102 m awayRef 2012621201650
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 8 May 1982
139 m awayRef 1982620E01200
Serious
Renault Grand Scenic crash on the A4222 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 13 January 2023
149 m awayRef 2023622300066
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 600)
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 2009620187516 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 2009.