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Unclassified road crash in the Vale of Glamorgan CF5 on 23 November 1997 at 18:10 involving an Alfa Romeo 75

An Alfa Romeo 75 crashed on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan at 18:10 on Sunday 23 November 1997. A 52-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 1997
Sunday, 18:10
Vehicles
1
Alfa Romeo 75
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44468, longitude -3.26331, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wenvoe.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762E030397
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales
Highway authority
The Vale of Glamorgan

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo 75

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,959 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo 75)

    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 199762E030397 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.