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A4064 crash in Bridgend on 15 February 1998 at 22:20 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on the A4064 in Bridgend at 22:20 on Sunday 15 February 1998. The 18-year-old male driver and a 15-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 1998
Sunday, 22:20
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58862, longitude -3.57635, in the CF32 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199862F005398
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4064
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 unlit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    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 199862F005398 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 1998.