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Serious B4250 crash in Caerphilly on 26 December 1983 at 17:20

A vehicle hit three pedestrians on the B4250 in Caerphilly at 17:20 on Monday 26 December 1983. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 17-year-old male pedestrian and a 17-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 1983
Monday, 17:20
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65189, longitude -3.13607, in the NP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abercarn.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198361C423830
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4250
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 13 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 198361C423830 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 1983.