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A469 crash in Cardiff on 10 October 1990 at 19:15 involving a Datsun 160

A Datsun 160 and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A469 in Cardiff at 19:15 on Wednesday 10 October 1990. The 24-year-old male driver of the Datsun 160 and the 19-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Oct 1990
Wednesday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Datsun 160 and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49256, longitude -3.17172, in the CF24 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
1990620C04680
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
469
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4261

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 March 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun 160

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,290 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun 160)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

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 1990620C04680 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 1990.