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A4063 crash in Bridgend on 7 March 1980 at 23:30 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the A4063 in Bridgend at 23:30 on Friday 7 March 1980. A 41-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Mar 1980
Friday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60646, longitude -3.65264, in the CF34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maesteg.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980620F00870
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1980620F00870 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 1980.