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C road crash in Caerphilly NP11 on 10 February 1997 at 22:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on a C road in Caerphilly at 22:30 on Monday 10 February 1997. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 1997
Monday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60564, longitude -3.07268, in the NP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Risca.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610014097
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1997610014097 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 1997.