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A48 crash in Cardiff on 26 April 2003 at 10:25 involving a Hyundai Accent

A car and a Hyundai Accent were involved in a crash on the A48 in Cardiff at 10:25 on Saturday 26 April 2003. A 68-year-old male passenger in the Hyundai Accent was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 2003
Saturday, 10:25
Vehicles
2
Car and Hyundai Accent
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48843, longitude -3.22812, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1AQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003620082215
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4488

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Accent

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,341 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Accent)

    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 2003620082215 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 2003.