B4299 crash in Carmarthenshire on 14 August 2020 at 17:46 involving a Honda GLR 125 motorcycle
A Honda GLR 125 motorcycle, a BMW 3 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the B4299 in Carmarthenshire at 17:46 on Friday 14 August 2020. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda GLR 125 motorcycle and a 16-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series were 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
- 14 Aug 2020
- Friday, 17:46
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda GLR 125 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8721, longitude -4.4897, in the SA33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 202063A051920
- Council area
- Carmarthenshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4299
- 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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 110 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 1993.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B4299 in Carmarthenshire, 2 April 1993
110 m awayRef 199363B510193
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B4299 in Carmarthenshire, 13 May 2013
372 m awayRef 201363AC14413
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4299 in Carmarthenshire, 13 August 2000
382 m awayRef 200063MM15000
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4299 in Carmarthenshire, 13 July 1996
404 m awayRef 199663B521196
Serious
Van crash on the B4299 in Carmarthenshire, 6 January 1981
490 m awayRef 19816381B0005
Serious
Car crash on the B4299 in Carmarthenshire, 12 February 1981
510 m awayRef 19816381B0046
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda GLR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda GLR 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 202063A051920 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 2020.