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Serious unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF5 on 29 August 2013 at 11:03 involving a Suzuki GZ 125 motorcycle

A vehicle and a Suzuki GZ 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 11:03 on Thursday 29 August 2013. The 32-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GZ 125 motorcycle and a 22-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki GZ 125 motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Aug 2013
Thursday, 11:03
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Suzuki GZ 125
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49814, longitude -3.24581, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fairwater, Cardiff, CF5 3PF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013621301575
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki GZ 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go 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
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GZ 125)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GZ 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 2013621301575 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 2013.