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Unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF35 on 23 August 1981 at 10:45 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 10:45 on Sunday 23 August 1981. The 12-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 1981
Sunday, 10:45
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5265, longitude -3.51395, in the CF35 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pencoed.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981620F02540
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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 25 August 1981.

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
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1981620F02540 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 1981.