B4270 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 4 October 2004 at 08:25 involving a Ford Escort
A car and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 08:25 on Monday 4 October 2004. The 49-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Oct 2004
- Monday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42747, longitude -3.4913, in the CF61 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004620118877
- Council area
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- The Vale of Glamorgan
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4270
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1998.
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 16 October 1998
22 m awayRef 199862E026898
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 23 April 2015
72 m awayRef 2015621500777
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4268 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 28 June 1991
95 m awayRef 1991620E01830
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 8 October 2005
98 m awayRef 2005620139805
Fatal
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 2 October 2007
136 m awayRef 2007620171538
Slight
Harley-Davidson crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 30 July 2025
138 m awayRef 2025622500529
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, 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 2004620118877 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 2004.