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Serious unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF5 on 17 August 1992 at 19:05 involving a Volvo 480

A Volvo 480 and a Renault 21 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 19:05 on Monday 17 August 1992. There were five casualties: three people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Aug 1992
Monday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
Volvo 480 and Renault 21
Casualties
5
3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49634, longitude -3.2244, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992620D02250
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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 11 February 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 480

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 480)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1992620D02250 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 1992.