Unclassified road crash in Cardiff on 21 December 2000 at 20:55 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Metrocab Metrocab taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 20:55 on Thursday 21 December 2000. A 19-year-old male passenger in the Metrocab Metrocab taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 2000; Thursday, 20:55
Vehicles: 2; Volkswagen Golf and Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2000620027219
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: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: Unclassified

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
Manoeuvre
Changing lane to right
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
35 years
Engine capacity
1,595 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
14 years
Vehicle 2: Metrocab Metrocab
Taxi
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
28 years
Engine capacity
2,496 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Diesel
Vehicle age
2 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 19, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Metrocab Metrocab)
Car passenger
Rear 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 2000620027219 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.