Serious A4060 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 25 May 2020 at 17:07 involving a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle crashed on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil at 17:07 on Monday 25 May 2020. The 49-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 May 2020
- Monday, 17:07
- Vehicles
- 1
- Yamaha YZF R1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73362, longitude -3.36672, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020622000482
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2018.
Slight
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil, 10 December 2018
19 m awayRef 2018621801619
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil, 28 May 2023
32 m awayRef 2023622300454
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil, 25 January 2013
42 m awayRef 2013621300293
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil, 11 September 1999
45 m awayRef 199962A016899
Serious
Suzuki GS 500 crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil, 8 August 2017
51 m awayRef 2017621701198
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil, 9 August 1998
52 m awayRef 199862A011798
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R1
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 990 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R1)
- 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 2020622000482 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 2020.