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A468 crash in Caerphilly on 13 December 1997 at 11:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on the A468 in Caerphilly at 11:35 on Saturday 13 December 1997. A 61-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xantia, a 26-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xantia and a 10-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xantia were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 1997
Saturday, 11:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Citroen Xantia
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57353, longitude -3.24682, in the CF83 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610165997
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
468
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a fatal crash on 15 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1997610165997 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.