Unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF33 on 31 August 2015 at 01:24 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 01:24 on Monday 31 August 2015. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2015
- Monday, 01:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51992, longitude -3.71248, in the CF33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pyle and North Cornelly.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015621501490
- Council area
- Bridgend
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Dry
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 1996.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 19 November 1996
22 m awayRef 199662F042096
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Bridgend, 3 July 1988
80 m awayRef 1988620F09260
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot, 7 January 2015
83 m awayRef 2015621500143
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 22 February 1979
89 m awayRef 1979620F00510
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Bridgend, 22 March 1986
90 m awayRef 1986620F03360
Serious
Car crash on the M4 in Bridgend, 6 June 1986
111 m awayRef 1986620F07550
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (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 2015621501490 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 2015.