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M4 crash in Cardiff on 14 February 1994 at 12:05 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry, a Volvo 240 and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the M4 in Cardiff at 12:05 on Monday 14 February 1994. The 47-year-old male driver of the Volvo lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Feb 1994
Monday, 12:05
Vehicles
3
Volvo and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52477, longitude -3.25687, in the CF15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199462E006694
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

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 199462E006694 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.