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Fatal unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF5 on 16 March 2001 at 23:54 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 23:54 on Friday 16 March 2001. The 22-year-old male driver of the Nissan Bluebird was killed and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Bluebird was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a flooded single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Mar 2001
Friday, 23:54
Vehicles
2
Nissan Bluebird and Peugeot 306
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48412, longitude -3.2702, in the CF5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001620032427
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 December 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,809 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,868 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Bluebird)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Bluebird)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2001620032427 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.