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B4181 crash in Bridgend on 26 April 2003 at 13:30 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and a car were involved in a crash on the B4181 in Bridgend at 13:30 on Saturday 26 April 2003. A 72-year-old female passenger in the Dennis bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 2003
Saturday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Dennis and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52172, longitude -3.57294, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridgend Central, Bridgend, CF31 1YZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003620081805
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4181
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    6,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,830 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 2003620081805 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.