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Serious unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF31 on 5 July 1996 at 12:35 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 12:35 on Friday 5 July 1996. The 27-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Citroen BX were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jul 1996
Friday, 12:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Citroen BX
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52406, longitude -3.59646, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pen-y-fai.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199662F021996
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

    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 199662F021996 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.