A4061 crash in Bridgend on 21 April 1995 at 08:43 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a van were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Bridgend at 08:43 on Friday 21 April 1995. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra were 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
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Apr 1995
- Friday, 08:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5464, longitude -3.56696, in the CF32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sarn.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199562F015295
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4061
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 1995.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 18 July 1995
14 m awayRef 199562F028295
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 25 July 1999
14 m awayRef 199962F025499
Slight
Van crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 24 August 1981
14 m awayRef 1981620F02600
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 25 February 1987
14 m awayRef 1987620F02270
Slight
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 19 April 1979
20 m awayRef 1979620F01120
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 25 May 2016
21 m awayRef 2016621601305
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 199562F015295 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 1995.