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Fatal unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF23 on 29 September 2003 at 16:00 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 16:00 on Monday 29 September 2003. A 13-year-old male passenger in the Volvo bus was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Sep 2003
Monday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51305, longitude -3.17719, in the CF23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cyncoed, Cardiff, CF23 5QN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003620092129
Council area
Cardiff
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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,148 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 2003620092129 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.