A4231 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 28 October 2000 at 02:01 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series crashed on the A4231 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 02:01 on Saturday 28 October 2000. The 22-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Oct 2000
- Saturday, 02:01
- Vehicles
- 1
- Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4152, longitude -3.23133, in the CF63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barry.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000620023699
- Council area
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- The Vale of Glamorgan
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4231
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2012.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4231 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 26 December 2012
10 m awayRef 2012621300011
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Nissan Note crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 12 December 2011
20 m awayRef 2011620213652
Slight
Car crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 20 March 1987
22 m awayRef 1987620E02790
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Toyota Carina crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 30 July 1990
22 m awayRef 1990620E02450
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Mini One crash on the A4231 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 31 January 2025
23 m awayRef 2025622500098
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Harley-Davidson 1200 Custom crash on the A4231 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 22 July 2012
28 m awayRef 2012621200703
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
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 2000620023699 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 2000.