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A4061 crash in Bridgend on 20 December 1983 at 08:50 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on the A4061 in Bridgend at 08:50 on Tuesday 20 December 1983. A 4-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1983
Tuesday, 08:50
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50868, longitude -3.57662, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983620F13560
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4061
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
A
Second road number
4061

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by school crossing patrol

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1983620F13560 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 1983.