Serious A473 crash in Bridgend on 13 May 2021 at 15:30 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A473 in Bridgend at 15:30 on Thursday 13 May 2021. The 22-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 May 2021
- Thursday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda WW125 and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51993, longitude -3.49398, in the CF35 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pencoed and Penprysg, Bridgend, CF35 5LS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021622100502
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 473
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Unclassified
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 2018.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A473 in Bridgend, 25 April 2018
3 m awayRef 2018621800422
Slight
Honda WW125EX2 crash on the A473 in Bridgend, 20 April 2018
4 m awayRef 2018621800386
Slight
Mercedes AMG Class crash on the A473 in Bridgend, 7 April 2025
12 m awayRef 2025622500260
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 13 November 2001
23 m awayRef 2001620050657
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A473 in Bridgend, 27 September 2009
30 m awayRef 2009620193890
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A473 in Bridgend, 4 December 2017
33 m awayRef 2017621701641
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021622100502 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 2021.