B4568 crash in Powys on 1 December 2013 at 17:48 involving an MG ZR
An MG ZR and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4568 in Powys at 17:48 on Sunday 1 December 2013. The 32-year-old male rider of the 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
- 1 Dec 2013
- Sunday, 17:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG ZR and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51626, longitude -3.31007, in the SY16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newtown. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown East, Powys, SY16 1AQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201363DP34113
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4568
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 4568
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 serious injury crash on 14 January 1999.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4568 in Powys, 14 January 1999
At the same spotRef 199963NN00699
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B4568 in Powys, 15 October 2013
At the same spotRef 201363DP31613
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4568 in Powys, 7 July 2011
10 m awayRef 201163DP21411
Slight
Car crash on the B4568 in Powys, 14 March 2003
20 m awayRef 200363DP09203
Serious
Seat Inca crash on the B4568 in Powys, 22 December 2001
22 m awayRef 200163DP40801
Serious
Citroen AX crash on the B4568 in Powys, 16 December 2006
32 m awayRef 200663DP51806
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG ZR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (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 201363DP34113 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 2013.