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C road crash in Caerphilly NP11 on 12 February 1997 at 16:15 involving a Bedford Astra

A Bedford Astra hit a pedestrian on a C road in Caerphilly at 16:15 on Wednesday 12 February 1997. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Feb 1997
Wednesday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
Bedford Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66371, longitude -3.15011, in the NP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newbridge.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610014397
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Bedford Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1997610014397 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.