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Serious B4281 crash in Bridgend on 14 April 1980 at 13:50 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the B4281 in Bridgend at 13:50 on Monday 14 April 1980. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Apr 1980
Monday, 13:50
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53167, longitude -3.65051, in the CF32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980620F01250
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
T or staggered junction
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 29 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    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 1980620F01250 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.