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Serious A469 crash in Caerphilly on 27 August 2000 at 03:15 involving a Ford Escort

A taxi and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A469 in Caerphilly at 03:15 on Sunday 27 August 2000. The 34-year-old male driver of the taxi and the 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Aug 2000
Sunday, 03:15
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55349, longitude -3.21516, in the CF83 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000610097300
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
469
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 23 May 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 2000610097300 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.