A483 crash in Powys on 3 September 2023 at 12:20 involving a Triumph Speed Triple motorcycle
Four vehicles, including a Triumph Speed Triple motorcycle and a Toyota Corolla, were involved in a crash on the A483 in Powys at 12:20 on Sunday 3 September 2023. The 59-year-old male rider of the Triumph Speed Triple motorcycle was 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
- 3 Sep 2023
- Sunday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Triumph Speed Triple and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1342, longitude -3.60808, in the LD5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023631409005
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 483
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 57 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2025.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A483 in Powys, 11 December 2025
57 m awayRef 2025631682166
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A483 in Powys, 24 July 2009
82 m awayRef 200963DP21709
Serious
Ford Kuga crash on the A483 in Powys, 1 November 2014
89 m awayRef 201463DP39214
Serious
Car crash on the A483 in Powys, 11 December 1983
140 m awayRef 19836383D0397
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A483 in Powys, 20 November 2001
205 m awayRef 200163DP34601
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A483 in Powys, 3 April 2006
312 m awayRef 200663DP12806
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Triumph Speed Triple
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,050 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes SLK Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Aprilia Tuono
Motorcycle over 500cc
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,077 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 59, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Speed Triple)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2023631409005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 2023.