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Unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF14 on 11 May 2000 at 08:40 involving a Ford Escort

A vehicle, two Ford Escorts and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 08:40 on Thursday 11 May 2000. The 34-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 38-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 May 2000
Thursday, 08:40
Vehicles
4
Ford Escort and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52572, longitude -3.24829, in the CF14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000620015209
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 6 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 4: Nissan Almera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 2000620015209 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 2000.