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Fatal A48 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 15 September 1984 at 20:00 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A48 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 20:00 on Saturday 15 September 1984. The 32-year-old male driver of the van was killed and a 37-year-old male passenger in the van and a 40-year-old male passenger in the van were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Sep 1984
Saturday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46285, longitude -3.44188, in the CF71 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1984620E09820
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1984620E09820 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 1984.