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A4234 crash in Cardiff on 20 March 1997 at 07:00 involving a Mercedes 200 van

A Mercedes 200 van and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A4234 in Cardiff at 07:00 on Thursday 20 March 1997. The 22-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Mar 1997
Thursday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 200 and Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46898, longitude -3.17471, in the CF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762C008597
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4234
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

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 199762C008597 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 1997.