Unclassified road crash in Caerphilly CF83 on 5 September 2003 at 08:50 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus, a Land Rover Freelander and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly at 08:50 on Friday 5 September 2003. The 17-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 2003
- Friday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57105, longitude -3.22154, in the CF83 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caerphilly. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morgan Jones, Caerphilly, CF83 1JD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003610136503
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2023.
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 17 January 2023
11 m awayRef 2023610001823
Serious
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 16 June 2022
24 m awayRef 2022610022922
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 25 September 2014
41 m awayRef 2014610057414
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 7 July 1989
41 m awayRef 1989620A10750
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 10 February 1986
41 m awayRef 1986620A02040
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 9 December 2015
45 m awayRef 2015610070515
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
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 2003610136503 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.