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A4049 crash in Caerphilly on 16 February 1997 at 14:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly at 14:00 on Sunday 16 February 1997. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Feb 1997
Sunday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68551, longitude -3.21807, in the CF81 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610024797
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4049
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1997610024797 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.