A4120 crash in Ceredigion on 11 August 2014 at 16:10 involving a Suzuki SV 1000 motorcycle
A Suzuki SV 1000 motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion at 16:10 on Monday 11 August 2014. The 37-year-old male rider of the Suzuki SV 1000 motorcycle and a 28-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki SV 1000 motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Aug 2014
- Monday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki SV 1000 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38266, longitude -3.9707, in the SY23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201463BC12414
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4120
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 38%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 62%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 70 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 November 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 21 November 1980
70 m awayRef 19806380B0437
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 14 March 2003
100 m awayRef 200363BC05103
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 19 February 2006
171 m awayRef 200663BC04306
Serious
Car crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 4 February 1983
345 m awayRef 19836383B0035
Serious
Land Rover Defender crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 23 September 2025
388 m awayRef 2025631645566
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 5 June 1991
686 m awayRef 199163B524391
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 1000)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 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 201463BC12414 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2014.