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Fatal A48 crash in Cardiff on 12 January 1988 at 16:45 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter hit a pedestrian on the A48 in Cardiff at 16:45 on Tuesday 12 January 1988. A 65-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 22-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Jan 1988
Tuesday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Motor scooter
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48362, longitude -3.23702, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1988620D00710
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Dual 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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 1988620D00710 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.