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Unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF24 on 11 December 1997 at 00:28 involving a Fiat 126

A car and a Fiat 126 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 00:28 on Thursday 11 December 1997. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Fiat 126 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 1997
Thursday, 00:28
Vehicles
2
Car and Fiat 126
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48471, longitude -3.16576, in the CF24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762C039697
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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 unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat 126

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    704 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 126)

    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 199762C039697 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.