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A48 crash in Cardiff on 10 November 1995 at 12:05 involving an Austin Metro

Four vehicles, including an Austin Metro and a Renault Clio, were involved in a crash on the A48 in Cardiff at 12:05 on Friday 10 November 1995. The 49-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Nov 1995
Friday, 12:05
Vehicles
4
Austin Metro and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49192, longitude -3.21708, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199562D031195
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
4119

Pedestrian crossing information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 27 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 4: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 199562D031195 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.