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A4231 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 16 February 1997 at 00:09 involving a Fiat Tempra

A Fiat Tempra and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A4231 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 00:09 on Sunday 16 February 1997. A 35-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Fiat Tempra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Feb 1997
Sunday, 00:09
Vehicles
2
Fiat Tempra and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41708, longitude -3.23666, in the CF63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barry.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762E007897
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales
Highway authority
The Vale of Glamorgan

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4231
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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 lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Tempra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,581 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Tempra)

    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199762E007897 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 1997.