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A4048 crash in Caerphilly on 26 February 2000 at 20:15 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier, an Alfa Romeo and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A4048 in Caerphilly at 20:15 on Saturday 26 February 2000. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series and the 31-year-old male driver of the Alfa Romeo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Feb 2000
Saturday, 20:15
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65866, longitude -3.19223, in the NP12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000610017900
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4048
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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 lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,492 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alfa Romeo)

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 2000610017900 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2000.