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Serious A4231 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 31 October 1993 at 17:25 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on the A4231 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 17:25 on Sunday 31 October 1993. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured. One of them was a pedestrian.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Oct 1993
Sunday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Granada
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42234, longitude -3.24975, in the CF63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barry.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199362E031693
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4231
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, hit by vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199362E031693 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 1993.