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Unclassified road crash in the Vale of Glamorgan CF71 on 28 April 1998 at 14:50 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno and a Mazda 323 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan at 14:50 on Tuesday 28 April 1998. An 18-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Uno was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Apr 1998
Tuesday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Fiat Uno and Mazda 323
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45499, longitude -3.45933, in the CF71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cowbridge.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199862E010498
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales
Highway authority
The Vale of Glamorgan

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 94 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,489 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

    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 199862E010498 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 1998.