A4063 crash in Bridgend on 2 June 2006 at 16:52 involving a Ford Escort van
A Ford Escort van, two Vauxhall Vectras and a Citroen C2 were involved in a crash on the A4063 in Bridgend at 16:52 on Friday 2 June 2006. The 34-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jun 2006
- Friday, 16:52
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Escort and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55647, longitude -3.60342, in the CF32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006620152706
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4063
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 12 August 1987
54 m awayRef 1987620F10400
Slight
Car crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 31 December 1988
58 m awayRef 1988620F19390
Serious
Volvo 363 crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 12 August 1991
58 m awayRef 1991620F02740
Slight
Ford New Holland crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 14 December 1995
64 m awayRef 199562F047695
Slight
Volvo crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 22 November 2006
71 m awayRef 2006620161451
Serious
Leyland crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 9 May 1992
78 m awayRef 1992620F01510
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: Citroen C2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2006620152706 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 2006.