A469 crash in Caerphilly on 4 September 2012 at 12:30 involving a Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle, a car and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A469 in Caerphilly at 12:30 on Tuesday 4 September 2012. The 45-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 2012
- Tuesday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki GSF 1200 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64383, longitude -3.22711, in the CF82 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly, CF82 7WW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012610064512
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 469
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 2015.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 14 February 2015
13 m awayRef 2015610007215
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 31 January 2000
20 m awayRef 2000610009700
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 14 July 2007
20 m awayRef 2007610052007
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 26 September 2013
22 m awayRef 2013610057313
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 7 May 2001
28 m awayRef 2001610052601
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 26 November 2025
36 m awayRef 2025610052025
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSF 1200
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,157 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 1200)
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 2012610064512 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2012.