A4161 crash in Cardiff on 12 January 2017 at 18:49 involving a Peugeot 508
A Peugeot 508 and a Honda NT650V motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4161 in Cardiff at 18:49 on Thursday 12 January 2017. The 54-year-old male rider of the Honda NT650V motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jan 2017
- Thursday, 18:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 508 and Honda NT650V
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49677, longitude -3.14209, in the CF23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 9AQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621700080
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4161
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2018.
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 24 May 2018
2 m awayRef 2018621800515
Serious
Lexus CT 200 crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 26 April 2017
9 m awayRef 2017621700739
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 8 October 2022
9 m awayRef 2022622200767
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 29 October 2021
14 m awayRef 2021622100863
Slight
Dennis crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 10 March 2014
24 m awayRef 2014621400472
Slight
Scooter crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 23 January 1986
25 m awayRef 1986620C01400
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 508
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda NT650V
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 647 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda NT650V)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017621700080 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 2017.