B4511 crash in Caerphilly on 7 August 1993 at 20:00 involving a Ford Orion
A Ford Orion, a Ford Sierra and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B4511 in Caerphilly at 20:00 on Saturday 7 August 1993. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Orion was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Aug 1993
- Saturday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Orion and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69716, longitude -3.19494, in the NP12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993610077893
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4511
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the B4511 in Caerphilly, 31 July 2015
37 m awayRef 2015610042715
Slight
Car crash on the B4511 in Caerphilly, 13 November 2023
39 m awayRef 2023610045823
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B4511 in Caerphilly, 1 October 2005
58 m awayRef 2005610108605
Slight
Audi A6 crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 7 August 2013
95 m awayRef 2013610044613
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 24 December 2014
98 m awayRef 2014610080514
Slight
Car crash on the B4511 in Caerphilly, 24 January 1989
100 m awayRef 198961C019890
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,608 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)
- 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 1993610077893 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 1993.