C road crash in Caerphilly CF83 on 30 January 2005 at 02:35 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on a C road in Caerphilly at 02:35 on Sunday 30 January 2005. A 24-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira, a 30-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira and a 36-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jan 2005
- Sunday, 02:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55543, longitude -3.23656, in the CF83 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005610046505
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
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Serious
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Serious
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Serious
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2005610046505 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2005.