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Serious unclassified road crash in the Vale of Glamorgan CF64 on 9 January 1987 at 19:45 involving a minibus

A minibus hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan at 19:45 on Friday 9 January 1987. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 1987
Friday, 19:45
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43508, longitude -3.19183, in the CF64 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penarth.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987620E00350
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Minibus)

    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 1987620E00350 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 1987.