Serious A4061 crash in Bridgend on 22 April 2011 at 19:01 involving a Ford Fiesta
A motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Bridgend at 19:01 on Friday 22 April 2011. The 46-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Apr 2011
- Friday, 19:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61959, longitude -3.53645, in the CF32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nant-y-moel.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011620208919
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4061
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 1989.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 20 February 1989
10 m awayRef 1989620F02290
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 2 August 2011
14 m awayRef 2011620210827
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 13 February 2011
14 m awayRef 2011620207087
Serious
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 17 November 1989
30 m awayRef 1989620F16890
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 3 June 1985
41 m awayRef 1985620F06210
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 27 November 1997
41 m awayRef 199762F045397
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (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 2011620208919 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 2011.