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A468 crash in Caerphilly on 11 December 1998 at 17:45 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A468 in Caerphilly at 17:45 on Friday 11 December 1998. A 48-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 1998
Friday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58806, longitude -3.20709, in the CF83 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998610162098
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
468
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 1998610162098 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.