A4061 crash in Bridgend on 3 October 1996 at 12:40 involving a Fiat Uno
A Fiat Uno, a Citroen BX and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Bridgend at 12:40 on Thursday 3 October 1996. The 31-year-old female driver of the Fiat Uno and the 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 1996
- Thursday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Uno and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52213, longitude -3.57319, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199662F035696
- 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
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 22 May 2002.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 22 May 2002
At the same spotRef 2002620060477
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 4 November 1994
At the same spotRef 199462F037094
Serious
Van crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 7 July 1983
10 m awayRef 1983620F06560
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 26 November 1979
10 m awayRef 1979620F03980
Slight
Zastava Yugo crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 18 December 1994
10 m awayRef 199462F042694
Serious
Van crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 19 June 1992
10 m awayRef 1992620F02070
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen BX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
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 199662F035696 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.