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A470 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 25 March 2016 at 16:00 involving a Suzuki SFV 650 motorcycle

A Suzuki SFV 650 motorcycle crashed on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 16:00 on Friday 25 March 2016. The 39-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Mar 2016
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Suzuki SFV 650
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56084, longitude -3.26965, in the CF15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF15 7SN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016621600610
Council area
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
470
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Daylight
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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki SFV 650

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    645 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SFV 650)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2016621600610 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rhondda Cynon Taf road accident statistics for 2016.