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A473 crash in Bridgend on 18 March 1997 at 19:05 involving a Vauxhall Senator

A Vauxhall Senator and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A473 in Bridgend at 19:05 on Tuesday 18 March 1997. An 83-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Senator and a 76-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Senator were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 1997
Tuesday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Senator and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4955, longitude -3.5606, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762F009097
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
473
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Senator

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    2,490 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Senator)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Senator)

    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 199762F009097 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.