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Serious unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF33 on 26 May 1992 at 05:00 involving a Volvo 360

A Volvo 360 crashed on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 05:00 on Tuesday 26 May 1992. A 17-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 May 1992
Tuesday, 05:00
Vehicles
1
Volvo 360
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51834, longitude -3.72699, in the CF33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992620F01760
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 360

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 360)

    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 1992620F01760 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 1992.