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B4487 crash in Cardiff on 22 October 2004 at 01:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B4487 in Cardiff at 01:30 on Friday 22 October 2004. The 19-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 2004
Friday, 01:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52411, longitude -3.11333, in the CF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trowbridge, Cardiff, CF3 0BG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004620119583
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4487
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 December 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 2004620119583 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 2004.