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Serious A483 crash in Powys on 28 July 2012 at 15:55 involving a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle crashed on the A483 in Powys at 15:55 on Saturday 28 July 2012. The 47-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jul 2012
Saturday, 15:55
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GSXR 1000
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39405, longitude -3.32806, in the LD1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201263DP19812
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
483
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 October 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 1000

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 1000)

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 201263DP19812 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 2012.