Serious B4343 crash in Ceredigion on 2 June 2017 at 13:35 involving a BMW R 1200 motorcycle
A BMW R 1200 motorcycle crashed on the B4343 in Ceredigion at 13:35 on Friday 2 June 2017. The 54-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Jun 2017
- Friday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW R 1200
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.11926, longitude -4.0436, in the SA48 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201763B050817
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4343
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 September 2007.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 10 September 2007
10 m awayRef 200763BC17807
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 26 December 2000
58 m awayRef 200063AA22600
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 25 July 1993
184 m awayRef 199363B524693
Slight
Car crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 4 July 1979
449 m awayRef 19796379B0232
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on an unclassified road in Ceredigion, 28 November 2024
491 m awayRef 2024631522597
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in Ceredigion, 3 September 1987
506 m awayRef 198763B529587
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW R 1200
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,170 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW R 1200)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 201763B050817 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2017.