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A4234 crash in Cardiff on 20 March 2001 at 16:15 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Mazda 323 were involved in a crash on the A4234 in Cardiff at 16:15 on Tuesday 20 March 2001. The 20-year-old female driver of the Mazda 323 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Mar 2001
Tuesday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Mazda 323
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47301, longitude -3.16233, in the CF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Butetown, Cardiff, CF10 5LS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001620032368
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4234
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,324 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 323)

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 2001620032368 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 2001.