Unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF14 on 27 June 2001 at 15:24 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 15:24 on Wednesday 27 June 2001. All nine casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jun 2001
- Wednesday, 15:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dennis and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 9
- 9 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53124, longitude -3.20144, in the CF14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rhiwbina, Cardiff, CF14 6RJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001620038564
- 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
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 January 2019.
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Serious
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (9)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 8: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 9: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 2001620038564 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.