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A4043 crash in Torfaen on 6 August 2024 at 16:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A4043 in Torfaen at 16:45 on Tuesday 6 August 2024. The 66-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Aug 2024
Tuesday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70754, longitude -3.04648, in the NP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontypool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontypool Fawr, Torfaen, NP4 6HW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024610031324
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4043
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 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
22%
Estimated chance it was slight
78%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    85 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, motorcyclist (125cc and under), 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 2024610031324 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torfaen road accident statistics for 2024.