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A4049 crash in Caerphilly on 2 October 1998 at 17:20 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Ford Transit minibus were involved in a crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly at 17:20 on Friday 2 October 1998. A 14-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit minibus and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit minibus were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Oct 1998
Friday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68218, longitude -3.21769, in the CF81 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberbargoed.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998610128898
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4049
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 1998610128898 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.