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Unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF99 on 29 April 1998 at 16:35 involving an Optare Metrorider bus

A vehicle and an Optare Metrorider bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 16:35 on Wednesday 29 April 1998. The 47-year-old male driver of the Optare Metrorider bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Apr 1998
Wednesday, 16:35
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Optare Metrorider
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46371, longitude -3.16162, in the CF99 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199862C012298
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Optare Metrorider

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare Metrorider)

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 199862C012298 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 1998.