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B4400 crash in Caerphilly on 8 March 1990 at 20:00 involving a Toyota Celica

A Toyota Celica, a taxi and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B4400 in Caerphilly at 20:00 on Thursday 8 March 1990. The 52-year-old male driver of the other vehicle and the 26-year-old female driver of the taxi were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Mar 1990
Thursday, 20:00
Vehicles
3
Toyota Celica and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57356, longitude -3.23513, in the CF83 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caerphilly.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990620A00860
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4400
Road type
Single 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 3 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 1990620A00860 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.