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Serious A4063 crash in Bridgend on 13 October 1979 at 00:10 involving a car

A car crashed on the A4063 in Bridgend at 00:10 on Saturday 13 October 1979. The 42-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 30-year-old female passenger and a 30-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Oct 1979
Saturday, 00:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63509, longitude -3.65672, in the CF34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maesteg.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979620F03430
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4063
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1979620F03430 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.