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A470 crash in Conwy on 18 April 2022 at 11:00 involving a Honda VFR 800 motorcycle

A motorcycle and a Honda VFR 800 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A470 in Conwy at 11:00 on Monday 18 April 2022. The 36-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 57-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR 800 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 2022
Monday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Honda VFR 800
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.05406, longitude -3.88819, in the LL25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Conwy

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
202260B054367
Council area
Conwy
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
470
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
24%
Estimated chance it was slight
76%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 43 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda VFR 800

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    782 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda VFR 800)

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 202260B054367 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Conwy road accident statistics for 2022.