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B4487 crash in Cardiff on 22 December 1990 at 20:40 involving a Datsun Stanza

A Datsun Stanza and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B4487 in Cardiff at 20:40 on Saturday 22 December 1990. A 4-year-old male passenger in the Austin Metro and the 42-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 1990
Saturday, 20:40
Vehicles
2
Datsun Stanza and Austin Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50079, longitude -3.1398, in the CF3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990620C05930
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4487
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Stanza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 1990620C05930 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.