A4054 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 8 June 2023 at 17:56 involving a Kawasaki ZX motorcycle
A Kawasaki ZX motorcycle and a Vauxhall Adam were involved in a crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 17:56 on Thursday 8 June 2023. The 38-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jun 2023
- Thursday, 17:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kawasaki ZX and Vauxhall Adam
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55943, longitude -3.26946, in the CF15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nantgarw. It is one of the crashes that make up the Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF15 7SN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023622300481
- Council area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4054
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 470
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2018.
Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 November 2018
5 m awayRef 2018621801416
Slight
Van crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 May 2015
9 m awayRef 2015621500933
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 31 May 2003
10 m awayRef 2003620085854
Slight
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 January 2007
14 m awayRef 2007620162621
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 23 December 2001
19 m awayRef 2001620050101
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 29 October 2013
26 m awayRef 2013621301938
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 899 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Adam
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2023622300481 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rhondda Cynon Taf road accident statistics for 2023.