A473 crash in Bridgend on 20 April 2018 at 06:44 involving a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2018
- Friday, 06:44
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda WW125EX2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5199, longitude -3.49401, in the CF35 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pencoed and Penprysg, Bridgend, CF35 5LS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018621800386
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 473
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 May 2021.
Serious
Honda WW125 crash on the A473 in Bridgend, 13 May 2021
4 m awayRef 2021622100502
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A473 in Bridgend, 25 April 2018
7 m awayRef 2018621800422
Slight
Mercedes AMG Class crash on the A473 in Bridgend, 7 April 2025
16 m awayRef 2025622500260
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 13 November 2001
23 m awayRef 2001620050657
Slight
Hyundai Sonata crash on the A473 in Bridgend, 20 April 2009
30 m awayRef 2009620189418
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A473 in Bridgend, 4 December 2017
33 m awayRef 2017621701641
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125EX2
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125EX2)
- 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 2018621800386 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 2018.