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Serious A4063 crash in Bridgend on 1 March 1990 at 18:25 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4063 in Bridgend at 18:25 on Thursday 1 March 1990. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Cortina was seriously injured and the 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Mar 1990
Thursday, 18:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51021, longitude -3.58359, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990620F00760
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4063
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1990620F00760 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 1990.