B4240 crash in Newport on 13 November 2013 at 21:33 involving a Citroen DS3
A Citroen DS3 and a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4240 in Newport at 21:33 on Wednesday 13 November 2013. The 26-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Nov 2013
- Wednesday, 21:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen DS3 and Yamaha YZF R125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57868, longitude -3.00454, in the NP20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stow Hill, Newport, NP20 4FZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newport
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013610065413
- Council area
- Newport
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4240
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2002.
Slight
Daihatsu Cuore crash on the B4240 in Newport, 21 May 2002
At the same spotRef 2002610049002
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4240 in Newport, 2 May 2000
67 m awayRef 2000610049900
Slight
Car crash on the B4240 in Newport, 28 January 1995
67 m awayRef 1995610010995
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4240 in Newport, 24 December 1990
71 m awayRef 199061A571900
Slight
Car crash on the B4240 in Newport, 29 July 1983
71 m awayRef 198361A284830
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4240 in Newport, 23 December 1998
95 m awayRef 1998610161598
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (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 2013610065413 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newport road accident statistics for 2013.