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Serious unclassified road crash in Caerphilly CF82 on 8 April 1994 at 13:10 involving a Vauxhall Rascal van

A Vauxhall Rascal van and an MCW bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly at 13:10 on Friday 8 April 1994. The 45-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Rascal van and a 32-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Rascal van were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Apr 1994
Friday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Rascal and MCW
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64274, longitude -3.23152, in the CF82 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ystrad Mynach.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199462N007294
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Daylight
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 24 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Rascal

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    6,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 45, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Rascal)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Rascal)

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 199462N007294 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 1994.