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A465 crash in Caerphilly on 28 March 1990 at 17:00 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Chevette and a Vauxhall Cavalier, were involved in a crash on the A465 in Caerphilly at 17:00 on Wednesday 28 March 1990. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Mar 1990
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
4
Vauxhall Chevette and 3 others
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77604, longitude -3.30298, in the NP22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990620A01180
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
465
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Renault 18

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,068 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1990620A01180 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.