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Serious A40 crash in Monmouthshire on 12 September 2021 at 12:27 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A40 in Monmouthshire at 12:27 on Sunday 12 September 2021. The 47-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Sep 2021
Sunday, 12:27
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76713, longitude -2.83216, in the NP15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mitchel Troy and Trellech United, Monmouthshire, NP15 2HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021610036721
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 2021610036721 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Monmouthshire road accident statistics for 2021.