Unclassified road crash in Caerphilly NP12 on 3 July 2001 at 09:00 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a minibus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly at 09:00 on Tuesday 3 July 2001. An 86-year-old female passenger in the minibus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 2001
- Tuesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and minibus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71046, longitude -3.21834, in the NP12 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001610074301
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Minibus
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 86, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
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 2001610074301 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 2001.