Unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF36 on 20 April 2003 at 13:30 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 13:30 on Sunday 20 April 2003. The 32-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2003
- Sunday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48126, longitude -3.69526, in the CF36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Porthcawl. It is one of the crashes that make up the Porthcawl East Central, Bridgend, CF36 5NB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003620081796
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- 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
- Other 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2009.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 28 April 2009
10 m awayRef 2009620190242
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 8 May 1979
22 m awayRef 1979620F01310
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 8 June 1980
36 m awayRef 1980620F01870
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 3 October 1992
57 m awayRef 1992620F03310
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 19 March 1990
57 m awayRef 1990620F01000
Slight
Renault 19 crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 15 September 1991
58 m awayRef 1991620F03260
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,933 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
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 2003620081796 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 2003.