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A4063 crash in Bridgend on 8 May 1999 at 13:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A4063 in Bridgend at 13:45 on Saturday 8 May 1999. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 May 1999
Saturday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53731, longitude -3.59049, in the CF32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199962F014599
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4063
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 199962F014599 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 1999.