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Serious A468 crash in Caerphilly on 20 December 1979 at 10:10 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A468 in Caerphilly at 10:10 on Thursday 20 December 1979. A 52-year-old female passenger in the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1979
Thursday, 10:10
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57822, longitude -3.21938, in the CF83 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caerphilly.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979620A05430
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
468
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Authorised person
Second road class
A
Second road number
468

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 July 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1979620A05430 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.