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A4061 crash in Bridgend on 25 December 1996 at 00:01 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 hit a pedestrian on the A4061 in Bridgend at 00:01 on Wednesday 25 December 1996. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 1996
Wednesday, 00:01
Vehicles
1
Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59665, longitude -3.54111, in the CF32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ogmore Vale.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199662F047496
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199662F047496 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.