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Serious A4049 crash in Caerphilly on 14 January 1979 at 11:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly at 11:15 on Sunday 14 January 1979. The 60-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 56-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured and a 16-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jan 1979
Sunday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71122, longitude -3.2273, in the NP24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979620A00200
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4049
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1979620A00200 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 1979.