Unclassified road crash in Carmarthenshire SA40 on 24 July 2019 at 07:40 involving a Suzuki SFV 650 motorcycle
A Suzuki SFV 650 motorcycle and a Nissan X-Trail were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Carmarthenshire at 07:40 on Wednesday 24 July 2019. The 34-year-old male rider of the Suzuki SFV 650 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jul 2019
- Wednesday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki SFV 650 and Nissan X-Trail
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07027, longitude -4.15839, in the SA40 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201963A064819
- Council area
- Carmarthenshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 1997.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A485 in Carmarthenshire, 20 August 1997
14 m awayRef 199763B533897
Serious
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A485 in Carmarthenshire, 30 August 2013
41 m awayRef 201363AC28913
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A485 in Carmarthenshire, 11 July 1994
54 m awayRef 199463B526794
Slight
Car crash on the A485 in Carmarthenshire, 20 April 1984
63 m awayRef 19846384B0121
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A485 in Carmarthenshire, 31 July 1990
100 m awayRef 199063B537390
Serious
Ford Galaxy crash on the A485 in Carmarthenshire, 4 December 2010
128 m awayRef 201063AC45210
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SFV 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan X-Trail
Car
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,184 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SFV 650)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201963A064819 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Carmarthenshire road accident statistics for 2019.