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Unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF31 on 5 September 1991 at 13:00 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A car and a Vauxhall Chevette were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 13:00 on Thursday 5 September 1991. The 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Chevette and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Chevette were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Sep 1991
Thursday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Vauxhall Chevette
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50329, longitude -3.57658, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991620F04030
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual 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
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 17 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Chevette)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1991620F04030 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 1991.