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A48 crash in Cardiff on 19 January 1989 at 23:40 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A48 in Cardiff at 23:40 on Thursday 19 January 1989. The 19-year-old male driver of the van, a 56-year-old female passenger in the van and a 31-year-old female passenger in the van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jan 1989
Thursday, 23:40
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49005, longitude -3.22423, in the CF5 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
1989620D01150
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
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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 21 February 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    928 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 1989620D01150 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.