B4181 crash in Bridgend on 30 March 1998 at 16:05 involving a Hyundai Lantra
A Hyundai Lantra and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the B4181 in Bridgend at 16:05 on Monday 30 March 1998. A 73-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai Lantra, a 19-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series and a 29-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Mar 1998
- Monday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Lantra and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50549, longitude -3.53904, in the CF35 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199862F010098
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4181
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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 17 April 1990.
Slight
Triumph Dolomite crash on the B4181 in Bridgend, 17 April 1990
At the same spotRef 1990620F01430
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4181 in Bridgend, 5 July 2001
At the same spotRef 2001620040782
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 7 June 1999
At the same spotRef 199962F019699
Serious
Car crash on the B4181 in Bridgend, 20 December 1989
At the same spotRef 1989620F18460
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4181 in Bridgend, 24 March 2005
At the same spotRef 2005620129222
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 19 May 1998
At the same spotRef 199862F014298
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Lantra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Lantra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
- 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 199862F010098 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.