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A40 crash in Monmouthshire on 27 August 2024 at 10:26 involving a Yamaha FJR motorcycle

A Yamaha FJR motorcycle crashed on the A40 in Monmouthshire at 10:26 on Tuesday 27 August 2024. The 66-year-old male rider and a 14-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Aug 2024
Tuesday, 10:26
Vehicles
1
Yamaha FJR
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76698, longitude -2.8328, in the NP15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mitchel Troy and Trellech United, Monmouthshire, NP15 2HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024610035124
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
449

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
35%
Estimated chance it was slight
65%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha FJR

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FJR)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FJR)

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 2024610035124 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Monmouthshire road accident statistics for 2024.