Health worker killed in motorcycle with sidecar collision on Powys road

A health worker died after the motorcycle with sidecar she was travelling in veered off a Powys road.

Denise Jayne Jenkins, an advanced nurse practitioner suffered fatal head injuries and sadly died at the scene of the collision on April 5 2025 on the A4059 Storey Arms to Penderyn, Brecon.

An inquest into Denise's death was opened and adjourned on May 6 2025. It was resumed at Pontypridd Coroner's Court on July 28 before H M Area Coroner Patricia Morgan in the South Wales Central Coroner Area.

Mrs Morgan heard Denise was a keen biker and had ridden motorbikes from a young age.

She would enjoy days out on motorbikes, and she and her husband had decided to purchase a Ural Sahara motorcycle with sidecar to enable them to enjoy days out together.

On April 5 2025, Denise was the passenger in the side car of the Ural Sahara which was being ridden by a family member.

The vehicle was travelling along the A4059 near Storey Arms when control of the vehicle was compromised and the vehicle veered into the opposite lane, and off the road, coming to rest in the adjacent verge.

Denise suffered fatal head injuries and sadly died at the scene.

The medical cause of death was given as traumatic head injury and fracture of the cervical spine.

Mrs Morgan concluded that Denise died as a result of a road traffic collision.

Denise was born on October 2 1971 at Neath, she was an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and she was the wife of Mark Jenkins, an information technology advisor and she lived at Cwmavon.