B4571 crash in Ceredigion on 25 January 2012 at 18:15 involving a Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle
A car and a Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion at 18:15 on Wednesday 25 January 2012. The 68-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jan 2012
- Wednesday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Yamaha XC 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08855, longitude -4.4101, in the SA44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201263BC01712
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 269 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 20 July 1982
269 m awayRef 19826382B0270
Slight
Citroen 2CV crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 18 June 1992
269 m awayRef 199263B521892
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 10 November 2000
311 m awayRef 200063MM21800
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 30 August 2018
339 m awayRef 201863B081318
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 9 February 2011
339 m awayRef 201163BC01611
Serious
Car crash on the B4571 in Ceredigion, 22 June 1985
344 m awayRef 19856385B0194
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,952 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha XC 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 68, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha XC 125)
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 201263BC01712 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 2012.