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Serious A48 crash in Cardiff on 4 April 1980 at 08:30 involving a minibus

A minibus crashed on the A48 in Cardiff at 08:30 on Friday 4 April 1980. There were nine casualties: one person was seriously injured and eight were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Apr 1980
Friday, 08:30
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
9
1 seriously injured, 8 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53304, longitude -3.09635, in the CF3 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980620C01450
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (9)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 1980620C01450 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 1980.