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Serious B4263 crash in Caerphilly on 10 March 2002 at 09:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly at 09:45 on Sunday 10 March 2002. The 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was seriously 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
Serious
Date
10 Mar 2002
Sunday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59606, longitude -3.27144, in the CF83 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abertridwr and Senghenydd. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aber Valley, Caerphilly, CF83 4DF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002610022802
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4263
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol and LPG
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 2002610022802 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 2002.