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B4600 crash in Caerphilly on 2 April 1988 at 00:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4600 in Caerphilly at 00:10 on Saturday 2 April 1988. A 39-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 27-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Apr 1988
Saturday, 00:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57356, longitude -3.23513, in the CF83 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caerphilly.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1988620A05040
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4600
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Road works
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

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

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 1988620A05040 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 1988.