Serious B4297 crash in Carmarthenshire on 26 July 2012 at 18:19 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire at 18:19 on Thursday 26 July 2012. 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 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Jul 2012
- Thursday, 18:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69468, longitude -4.08436, in the SA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Llangennech. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, SA14 8XZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201263AC33312
- Council area
- Carmarthenshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4297
- 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
- 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 8 February 2019.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire, 8 February 2019
10 m awayRef 201963A010019
Slight
Audi TT crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire, 10 October 2013
20 m awayRef 201363AC35313
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire, 20 March 2007
20 m awayRef 200763AC18907
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire, 16 July 2006
32 m awayRef 200663AC38506
Slight
Ford Scorpio crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire, 1 January 1992
41 m awayRef 199263A500192
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire, 6 January 2006
58 m awayRef 200663AC01306
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), 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 201263AC33312 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Carmarthenshire road accident statistics for 2012.