Serious unclassified road crash in Caerphilly CF82 on 27 January 2016 at 14:08 involving an Alfa Romeo Mito
An Alfa Romeo Mito and a Lexmoto ZSB 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly at 14:08 on Wednesday 27 January 2016. The 18-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto ZSB 125 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 18-year-old female driver of the Alfa Romeo Mito was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Jan 2016
- Wednesday, 14:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alfa Romeo Mito and Lexmoto ZSB 125
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6475, longitude -3.2256, in the CF82 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ystrad Mynach. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hengoed, Caerphilly, CF82 7LX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016610002516
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- 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
- Other 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 with 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%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo Mito
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Lexmoto ZSB 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Mito)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Lexmoto ZSB 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
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 2016610002516 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 2016.