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A470 crash in Cardiff on 8 March 1997 at 09:53 involving a Leyland Roadrunner lorry

A Leyland Roadrunner lorry crashed on the A470 in Cardiff at 09:53 on Saturday 8 March 1997. A 29-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Mar 1997
Saturday, 09:53
Vehicles
1
Leyland Roadrunner
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52325, longitude -3.23089, in the CF14 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
199762D006697
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
470
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Roadrunner

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland Roadrunner)

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 199762D006697 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.