B4560 crash in Powys on 7 July 2018 at 15:20 involving a Suzuki GSF 650 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSF 650 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B4560 in Powys at 15:20 on Saturday 7 July 2018. The 39-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 650 motorcycle 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
- 7 Jul 2018
- Saturday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSF 650 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82187, longitude -3.21319, in the NP23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201863D063018
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4560
- 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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 September 1979.
Serious
Car crash on the B4560 in Blaenau Gwent, 6 September 1979
22 m awayRef 19796379D0329
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4560 in Powys, 8 July 2004
32 m awayRef 200463DP28804
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B4560 in Powys, 13 February 2007
41 m awayRef 200763DP13207
Slight
Car crash on the B4560 in Powys, 2 November 1997
78 m awayRef 199763D536597
Slight
Car crash on the B4560 in Powys, 22 November 2005
112 m awayRef 200563DP46205
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4560 in Blaenau Gwent, 5 January 1994
112 m awayRef 199463D500894
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSF 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 656 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 650)
- 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 201863D063018 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 2018.