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A4061 crash in Bridgend on 14 January 1996 at 17:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Bridgend at 17:30 on Sunday 14 January 1996. The 27-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra, a 5-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 1996
Sunday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61712, longitude -3.53632, in the CF32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nant-y-moel.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199662F001996
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 199662F001996 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 1996.