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Fatal unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF5 on 8 June 1995 at 17:36 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 17:36 on Thursday 8 June 1995. A 62-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 69-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
8 Jun 1995
Thursday, 17:36
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4979, longitude -3.24749, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199562D014295
Council area
Cardiff
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199562D014295 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 1995.