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Serious A48 crash in Cardiff on 21 November 2004 at 00:29 involving a Volvo 960

A Volvo 960 hit a pedestrian on the A48 in Cardiff at 00:29 on Sunday 21 November 2004. A 65-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Nov 2004
Sunday, 00:29
Vehicles
1
Volvo 960
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50545, longitude -3.19097, in the CF14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llandaff North, Cardiff, CF14 3HJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004620121504
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 960

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,922 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 960)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2004620121504 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.