B4263 crash in Caerphilly on 29 August 2007 at 02:36 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A minibus and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly at 02:36 on Wednesday 29 August 2007. The 33-year-old male driver of the minibus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Aug 2007
- Wednesday, 02:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Minibus and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58253, longitude -3.24162, in the CF83 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penyrheol, Caerphilly, CF83 2ST area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007610077407
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4263
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 February 2012.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 7 February 2012
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Peugeot 206 crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 25 September 2002
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Car crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 6 June 1996
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Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 22 April 2009
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Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 30 April 2006
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Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 15 December 2013
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Minibus
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)
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 2007610077407 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 2007.