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Serious unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF11 on 22 November 1997 at 10:22 involving an Austin Mini

An Austin Mini, an Optare Metrorider bus and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 10:22 on Saturday 22 November 1997. A 19-year-old male passenger in the Austin Mini and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Austin Mini were seriously injured and the 21-year-old male driver of the Austin Mini was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Nov 1997
Saturday, 10:22
Vehicles
3
Austin Mini and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4706, longitude -3.19203, in the CF11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762D034797
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
Crossroads
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Optare Metrorider

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)

    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 199762D034797 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.