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Serious A48 crash in Bridgend on 17 April 2019 at 11:37 involving a Kia Ceed

A Kia Ceed and a Yamaha MT07 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A48 in Bridgend at 11:37 on Wednesday 17 April 2019. The 78-year-old male rider of the Yamaha MT07 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Apr 2019
Wednesday, 11:37
Vehicles
2
Kia Ceed and Yamaha MT07
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50499, longitude -3.62875, in the CF32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, CF32 0LY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019621900523
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 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
A
Second road number
473

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 August 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Ceed

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,582 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha MT07

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    689 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 78, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha MT07)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2019621900523 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 2019.