A4061 crash in Bridgend on 11 January 2004 at 11:02 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Bridgend at 11:02 on Sunday 11 January 2004. The 56-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jan 2004
- Sunday, 11:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50918, longitude -3.5764, 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 1DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004620101656
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4061
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4063
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 2002.
Slight
Renault 5 crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 8 May 2002
10 m awayRef 2002620059989
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 6 March 1999
10 m awayRef 199962F007499
Slight
MG TF crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 25 April 2006
10 m awayRef 2006620151509
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 21 September 2000
10 m awayRef 2000620022260
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 2 December 1981
10 m awayRef 1981620F04020
Slight
Yamaha crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 12 June 1998
14 m awayRef 199862F015898
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2004620101656 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 2004.