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A4050 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 18 March 1987 at 11:10 involving a taxi

A taxi and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 11:10 on Wednesday 18 March 1987. The 34-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 1987
Wednesday, 11:10
Vehicles
2
Taxi and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44754, longitude -3.26454, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wenvoe.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987620E02780
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4050
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 74 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

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 1987620E02780 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.