B4623 crash in Caerphilly on 11 August 1998 at 19:05 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4623 in Caerphilly at 19:05 on Tuesday 11 August 1998. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and an 18-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Aug 1998
- Tuesday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57249, longitude -3.2175, in the CF83 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caerphilly.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998610108098
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4623
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- 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
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 1998610108098 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 1998.