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A4229 crash in Bridgend on 17 February 1997 at 18:50 involving a Nissan Primera

A Nissan Primera and a Daewoo Nexia were involved in a crash on the A4229 in Bridgend at 18:50 on Monday 17 February 1997. The 56-year-old male driver of the Daewoo Nexia was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Feb 1997
Monday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Nissan Primera and Daewoo Nexia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51606, longitude -3.6926, in the CF33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762F005797
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4229
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 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
Motorway
Second road number
4

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daewoo Nexia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Nexia)

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 199762F005797 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.