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A472 crash in Caerphilly on 14 December 2019 at 06:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A472 in Caerphilly at 06:00 on Saturday 14 December 2019. The 47-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2019
Saturday, 06:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64373, longitude -3.29428, in the CF46 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019610067119
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
472
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
21%
Estimated chance it was slight
79%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 48 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    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 2019610067119 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2019.