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A4161 crash in Cardiff on 20 December 2002 at 21:50 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Vauxhall Omega were involved in a crash on the A4161 in Cardiff at 21:50 on Friday 20 December 2002. The 43-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Omega was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2002
Friday, 21:50
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Vauxhall Omega
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48191, longitude -3.20648, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1FP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002620073898
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4161
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Omega)

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 2002620073898 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.