A4230 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 2 May 2016 at 16:46 involving a Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle crashed on the A4230 in Neath Port Talbot at 16:46 on Monday 2 May 2016. The 49-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2016
- Monday, 16:46
- Vehicles
- 1
- Yamaha XC 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67261, longitude -3.80059, in the SA10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Neath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bryn-coch South, Neath Port Talbot, SA10 7AN 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
- 2016621600775
- Council area
- Neath Port Talbot
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4230
- 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
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 May 2025.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4230 in Neath Port Talbot, 25 May 2025
8 m awayRef 2025622500363
Slight
Yamaha YQ 100 crash on the A4230 in Neath Port Talbot, 23 June 2002
13 m awayRef 2002620061805
Slight
Nissan Pixo crash on the A4230 in Neath Port Talbot, 26 September 2014
13 m awayRef 2014621401764
Fatal
Car crash on the A4230 in Neath Port Talbot, 4 March 1988
34 m awayRef 1988620G02840
Slight
Car crash on the A4230 in Neath Port Talbot, 27 June 1981
34 m awayRef 1981620G01900
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the A4230 in Neath Port Talbot, 20 March 1993
34 m awayRef 199362G007493
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha XC 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XC 125)
- 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 2016621600775 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.