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B4250 crash in Caerphilly on 8 March 1990 at 15:20 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter were involved in a crash on the B4250 in Caerphilly at 15:20 on Thursday 8 March 1990. The 18-year-old male rider of the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter 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 Mar 1990
Thursday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Vespa (Douglas)
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64648, longitude -3.13738, in the NP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abercarn.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199061C075900
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4250
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vespa (Douglas)

    Motor scooter

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Vespa (Douglas))

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 199061C075900 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 1990.