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A4048 crash in Caerphilly on 15 October 1998 at 12:50 involving an Audi 100

An Audi 100 and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on the A4048 in Caerphilly at 12:50 on Thursday 15 October 1998. The 43-year-old male driver of the Audi 100, the 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Granada and a 38-year-old male passenger in the Ford Granada were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Oct 1998
Thursday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
Audi 100 and Ford Granada
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61697, longitude -3.13925, in the NP11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998610137098
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4048
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,933 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 100)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

    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 1998610137098 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.