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Serious A468 crash in Caerphilly on 15 January 1980 at 11:45 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A468 in Caerphilly at 11:45 on Tuesday 15 January 1980. The 39-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and a 37-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jan 1980
Tuesday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58823, longitude -3.2081, in the CF83 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980620A00200
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
40 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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, 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 1980620A00200 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 1980.