A4160 crash in Cardiff on 22 December 2002 at 17:55 involving a Rover 400 Series
Four vehicles, including a Rover 400 Series and a Toyota, were involved in a crash on the A4160 in Cardiff at 17:55 on Sunday 22 December 2002. The 27-year-old female driver of the Rover 400 Series and the 36-year-old female driver of the Toyota were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2002
- Sunday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 4
- Rover 400 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47484, longitude -3.17735, in the CF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grangetown, Cardiff, CF11 6JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002620074023
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4160
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4119
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 4 August 1982
At the same spotRef 1982620C03000
Slight
Car crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 4 July 2004
At the same spotRef 2004620112659
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 13 February 2007
At the same spotRef 2007620163548
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 5 December 2003
At the same spotRef 2003620097642
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 12 May 2001
At the same spotRef 2001620035516
Slight
Car crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 23 October 2006
At the same spotRef 2006620160333
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,438 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota)
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 2002620074023 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.