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B4487 crash in Cardiff on 8 April 1989 at 10:00 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4487 in Cardiff at 10:00 on Saturday 8 April 1989. The 12-year-old cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 1989
Saturday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5096, longitude -3.13066, in the CF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989620C05740
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4487
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,295 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Aged 12, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1989620C05740 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 1989.