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Unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF24 on 23 January 2002 at 12:45 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Rover Montego were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 12:45 on Wednesday 23 January 2002. The 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jan 2002
Wednesday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Rover Montego
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49878, longitude -3.17437, in the CF24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 5HJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002620052040
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 29 May 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 2002620052040 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 2002.