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A472 crash in Caerphilly on 16 April 1992 at 08:05 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A472 in Caerphilly at 08:05 on Thursday 16 April 1992. The 56-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Apr 1992
Thursday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68398, longitude -3.11822, in the NP11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199261C10792P
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
472
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 June 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 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 199261C10792P 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 1992.