Unclassified road crash in Cardiff on 26 December 2000 at 13:30 involving a BMW 3 Series

A car and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 13:30 on Tuesday 26 December 2000. The 28-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 26 Dec 2000; Tuesday, 13:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and BMW 3 Series
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2000620027263
Council area: Cardiff
Police force: South Wales
Police attended the scene: No

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
79 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to turn right
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
28 years
Engine capacity
2,316 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
15 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 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 2000620027263 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.