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Serious unclassified road crash in the Vale of Glamorgan CF71 on 6 May 1981 at 07:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan at 07:00 on Wednesday 6 May 1981. The 62-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 May 1981
Wednesday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46934, longitude -3.34965, in the CF71 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981620E01040
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 85 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1981620E01040 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 1981.