Serious B4263 crash in Caerphilly on 31 May 2025 at 19:21 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly at 19:21 on Saturday 31 May 2025. The 52-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 May 2025
- Saturday, 19:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57239, longitude -3.21951, in the CF83 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caerphilly. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morgan Jones, Caerphilly, CF83 1JD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025610021025
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4263
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 1999.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4623 in Caerphilly, 12 February 1999
2 m awayRef 1999610017899
Slight
Suzuki AP 50 crash on the B4623 in Caerphilly, 31 March 2000
2 m awayRef 2000610037000
Serious
Car crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 23 October 1987
10 m awayRef 1987620A14730
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 15 August 1987
10 m awayRef 1987620A10880
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 23 February 2023
14 m awayRef 2023610015923
Slight
Car crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 4 December 1992
16 m awayRef 1992620N02290
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,098 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 500cc), 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 2025610021025 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2025.