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Fatal A468 crash in Caerphilly on 30 January 1983 at 14:10 involving a car

A car crashed on the A468 in Caerphilly at 14:10 on Sunday 30 January 1983. The 22-year-old male driver was killed and a 24-year-old male passenger and a 27-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Jan 1983
Sunday, 14:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58733, longitude -3.20808, in the CF83 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983620A01360
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
468
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1983620A01360 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.