B4281 crash in Bridgend on 19 November 1994 at 17:05 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Mercedes bus were involved in a crash on the B4281 in Bridgend at 17:05 on Saturday 19 November 1994. The 71-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 67-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Nov 1994
- Saturday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53145, longitude -3.65338, in the CF32 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199462F038294
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4281
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 1984.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4281 in Bridgend, 15 March 1984
22 m awayRef 1984620F03390
Slight
Renault 19 crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 4 October 2000
28 m awayRef 2000620022946
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the B4281 in Bridgend, 15 August 2019
31 m awayRef 2019621901076
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B4281 in Bridgend, 4 October 2005
32 m awayRef 2005620139462
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 2 September 1995
36 m awayRef 199562F034195
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 11 January 1997
36 m awayRef 199762F000897
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,972 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 199462F038294 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 1994.