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A48 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 7 February 2002 at 10:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on the A48 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 10:40 on Thursday 7 February 2002. The 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 2002
Thursday, 10:40
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46184, longitude -3.43945, in the CF71 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, CF71 7BJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002620053494
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
The Vale of Glamorgan

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Dual 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 March 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 2002620053494 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 2002.