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Fatal A48 crash in Cardiff on 1 March 1997 at 19:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on the A48 in Cardiff at 19:00 on Saturday 1 March 1997. A 76-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 49-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Mar 1997
Saturday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5048, longitude -3.1886, in the CF14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762L005397
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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 lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 76, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199762L005397 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 1997.