Serious unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF32 on 20 July 2016 at 21:09 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 21:09 on Wednesday 20 July 2016. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Jul 2016
- Wednesday, 21:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61454, longitude -3.54229, in the CF32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ogmore Vale.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016621601205
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Grandland crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 17 December 2018
25 m awayRef 2018621900100
Slight
Minibus crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 19 March 1982
49 m awayRef 1982620F00750
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 27 July 2024
73 m awayRef 2024622400553
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 6 December 1988
89 m awayRef 1988620F18350
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 23 August 1991
90 m awayRef 1991620F02920
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 20 December 1996
165 m awayRef 199662F047096
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2016621601205 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 2016.