Serious B4571 crash in Ceredigion on 10 August 2011 at 08:23 involving a Volvo S80
A Volvo S80 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion at 08:23 on Wednesday 10 August 2011. The 20-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 private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Aug 2011
- Wednesday, 08:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo S80 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09359, longitude -4.39198, in the SA44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201163BC11711
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4571
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, 63 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 June 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 24 June 1981
63 m awayRef 19816381B0187
Serious
Van crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 6 August 1981
63 m awayRef 19816381B0261
Serious
Car crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 13 December 1988
63 m awayRef 198863B546588
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 22 July 2016
71 m awayRef 201663BC09816
Serious
Iveco Daily crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 5 January 2006
71 m awayRef 200663BC00206
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 14 July 2023
78 m awayRef 2023631329328
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo S80
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,414 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 485 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc to 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 201163BC11711 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2011.