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A48 crash in Bridgend on 26 July 1997 at 18:45 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A car, a Vauxhall Nova and a Peugeot 309 were involved in a crash on the A48 in Bridgend at 18:45 on Saturday 26 July 1997. The 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jul 1997
Saturday, 18:45
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Nova and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49658, longitude -3.6004, in the CF31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762F024897
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
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 27 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 199762F024897 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.