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Serious A470 crash in Cardiff on 14 January 1988 at 00:47 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A470 in Cardiff at 00:47 on Thursday 14 January 1988. A 34-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 24-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jan 1988
Thursday, 00:47
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4882, longitude -3.18515, in the CF10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1988620C00740
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
470
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Fine, 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 14 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1988620C00740 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 1988.