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A4049 crash in Caerphilly on 14 January 2014 at 05:51 involving a Lifan LF 125 motorcycle

A Lifan LF 125 motorcycle and a Fiat Seicento were involved in a crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly at 05:51 on Tuesday 14 January 2014. The 20-year-old male rider of the Lifan LF 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 2014
Tuesday, 05:51
Vehicles
2
Lifan LF 125 and Fiat Seicento
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65412, longitude -3.21611, in the NP12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontllanfraith. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hengoed, Caerphilly, CF82 7LX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014610046214
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4049
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lifan LF 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Seicento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lifan LF 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 2014610046214 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2014.