Unclassified road crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf CF41 on 15 September 2012 at 20:43 involving a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 20:43 on Saturday 15 September 2012. The 38-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2012
- Saturday, 20:43
- Vehicles
- 1
- Yamaha YZF R125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64717, longitude -3.46858, in the CF41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rhondda. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF41 7SQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012621201005
- Council area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2011.
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 22 August 2011
42 m awayRef 2011620210934
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 March 1989
42 m awayRef 1989620B06980
Slight
Nissan Terrano crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 June 2006
60 m awayRef 2006620153156
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 August 1994
71 m awayRef 199462P017294
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 May 1988
78 m awayRef 1988620B11270
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 25 May 1997
81 m awayRef 199762B026697
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R125)
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 2012621201005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rhondda Cynon Taf road accident statistics for 2012.