A4161 crash in Cardiff on 22 April 2017 at 11:45 involving a Skyjet SJ 125 motorcycle
A Skyjet SJ 125 motorcycle and a Nissan Juke were involved in a crash on the A4161 in Cardiff at 11:45 on Saturday 22 April 2017. The 27-year-old male rider of the Skyjet SJ 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skyjet SJ 125 and Nissan Juke
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48393, longitude -3.17191, in the CF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 2GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621700775
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 January 2008.
Serious
Honda CBR1000RR crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 22 January 2008
2 m awayRef 2008620175984
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 30 March 2010
2 m awayRef 2010620199353
Serious
Car crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 5 February 1981
2 m awayRef 1981620C00400
Slight
Toyota IQ crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 6 January 2016
6 m awayRef 2016621600080
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 11 April 1979
8 m awayRef 1979620C01110
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 6 April 2025
9 m awayRef 2025622500251
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skyjet SJ 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Skyjet SJ 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017621700775 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.