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Serious A48 crash in Bridgend on 3 January 1997 at 13:00 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A48 in Bridgend at 13:00 on Friday 3 January 1997. The 26-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Jan 1997
Friday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51511, longitude -3.67052, in the CF33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762F001197
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199762F001197 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 1997.