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A4060 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 10 December 2018 at 15:08 involving a Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle crashed on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil at 15:08 on Monday 10 December 2018. The 62-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 2018
Monday, 15:08
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX900
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73379, longitude -3.36668, in the CF48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Town, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 0YA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018621801619
Council area
Merthyr Tydfil
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4060
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
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
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 May 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX900

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX900)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2018621801619 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merthyr Tydfil road accident statistics for 2018.