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Unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF3 on 27 July 1981 at 20:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 20:10 on Monday 27 July 1981. A 13-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 9-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly 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
Slight
Date
27 Jul 1981
Monday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50789, longitude -3.13061, in the CF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981620C02640
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, 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 1981620C02640 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 1981.