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Serious A48 crash in Cardiff on 20 August 1994 at 03:15 involving a Crompton (Leyland)

A car and a Crompton (Leyland) were involved in a crash on the A48 in Cardiff at 03:15 on Saturday 20 August 1994. The 31-year-old male driver of the Crompton (Leyland) was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Aug 1994
Saturday, 03:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Crompton (Leyland)
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48912, longitude -3.22709, 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
199462D024494
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Crompton (Leyland)

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Crompton (Leyland))

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 199462D024494 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 1994.