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A48 crash in Bridgend on 30 December 2001 at 07:20 involving a Volvo 440

A Volvo 440 and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A48 in Bridgend at 07:20 on Sunday 30 December 2001. The 28-year-old female driver of the Volvo 440 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2001
Sunday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo 440 and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50371, longitude -3.62779, in the CF32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, CF32 0LY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001620052648
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    11,021 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

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 2001620052648 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 2001.