B4434 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 12 March 2016 at 18:30 involving a Longjia motorcycle
A motorcycle and a Longjia motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4434 in Neath Port Talbot at 18:30 on Saturday 12 March 2016. The 19-year-old male rider of the Longjia motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2016
- Saturday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Longjia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66249, longitude -3.80625, in the SA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Neath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Neath East, Neath Port Talbot, SA11 1NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016621600515
- Council area
- Neath Port Talbot
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4434
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 May 2003.
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 23 May 2003
2 m awayRef 2003620084010
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B4434 in Neath Port Talbot, 28 November 2005
8 m awayRef 2005620144331
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 15 July 2005
18 m awayRef 2005620135972
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 3 December 2010
21 m awayRef 2010620205800
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 7 November 2001
22 m awayRef 2001620046993
Slight
Seat Leon crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 3 December 2008
22 m awayRef 2008620184975
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Longjia
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Longjia)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016621600515 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Neath Port Talbot road accident statistics for 2016.