B4281 crash in Bridgend on 6 March 1979 at 09:30 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4281 in Bridgend at 09:30 on Tuesday 6 March 1979. The 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 40-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Mar 1979
- Tuesday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52864, longitude -3.69307, in the CF33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pyle and North Cornelly.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1979620F00630
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4281
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 1992.
Slight
Nissan Stanza crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 30 September 1992
At the same spotRef 1992620F03440
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 3 May 1992
10 m awayRef 1992620F01390
Serious
Volvo crash on the B4281 in Bridgend, 23 May 1994
10 m awayRef 199462F019694
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 25 September 1997
10 m awayRef 199762F033497
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 26 December 1994
10 m awayRef 199462F044794
Slight
Triumph Dolomite crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 29 August 1992
10 m awayRef 1992620F03110
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 1979620F00630 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 1979.