B4281 crash in Bridgend on 3 November 1980 at 12:15 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the B4281 in Bridgend at 12:15 on Monday 3 November 1980. The 22-year-old male driver of the car and the 45-year-old male driver of the van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 1980
- Monday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53126, longitude -3.66044, in the CF32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1980620F03820
- 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
- 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, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 2013.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4281 in Bridgend, 17 July 2013
51 m awayRef 2013621301232
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4281 in Bridgend, 28 April 1984
57 m awayRef 1984620F04860
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 20 July 1993
63 m awayRef 199362F022193
Slight
Car crash on the B4281 in Bridgend, 3 May 1987
71 m awayRef 1987620F05620
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 5 May 1990
72 m awayRef 1990620F01630
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4281 in Bridgend, 6 January 2013
89 m awayRef 2013621300041
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
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 1980620F03820 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.