A4047 crash in Blaenau Gwent on 11 March 2011 at 12:45 involving a Honda motorcycle
A Honda motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent at 12:45 on Friday 11 March 2011. The 24-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Mar 2011
- Friday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80065, longitude -3.17393, in the NP23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brynmawr. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 4AH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011610012111
- Council area
- Blaenau Gwent
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4047
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2004.
Slight
Kia Carens crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 14 April 2004
22 m awayRef 2004610037504
Slight
Car crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 5 November 1982
51 m awayRef 198261C35082P
Slight
Car crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 12 February 1986
51 m awayRef 198661C05186P
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 25 July 1982
51 m awayRef 198261C218820
Slight
Rover 75 crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 26 May 2011
51 m awayRef 2011610030911
Serious
Car crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 13 November 1984
51 m awayRef 198461C37384P
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)
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 2011610012111 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaenau Gwent road accident statistics for 2011.