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Unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF34 on 15 November 1997 at 21:55 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus crashed on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 21:55 on Saturday 15 November 1997. A 34-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Nov 1997
Saturday, 21:55
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62002, longitude -3.66036, in the CF34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maesteg.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762F042797
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a fatal crash on 27 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 199762F042797 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.