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Unclassified road crash in Caerphilly CF81 on 4 December 2003 at 14:00 involving a Vauxhall Vectra taxi

A Vauxhall Vectra taxi and an Iveco van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly at 14:00 on Thursday 4 December 2003. A 30-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra taxi was slightly 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
Slight
Date
4 Dec 2003
Thursday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and Iveco
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69125, longitude -3.23215, in the CF81 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bargod. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberbargoed and Bargoed, Caerphilly, CF81 8RA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003610132003
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    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 2003610132003 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 2003.