B4263 crash in Caerphilly on 20 December 2007 at 17:20 involving a Volkswagen Lupo
A Volkswagen Lupo and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly at 17:20 on Thursday 20 December 2007. The 23-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Lupo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2007
- Thursday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Lupo and Peugeot 106
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59912, longitude -3.27037, in the CF83 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abertridwr and Senghenydd. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aber Valley, Caerphilly, CF83 4DF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007610102307
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4263
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2005.
Slight
Mercedes V Class crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 15 August 2005
10 m awayRef 2005610077605
Slight
Car crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 3 February 1989
14 m awayRef 1989620A02100
Serious
Scooter crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 10 January 1983
14 m awayRef 1983620A00380
Serious
Car crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 5 September 1985
14 m awayRef 1985620A11310
Slight
Car crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 23 November 1982
14 m awayRef 1982620A05320
Slight
Car crash on the B4263 in Caerphilly, 5 February 1983
14 m awayRef 1983620A01770
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)
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 2007610102307 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.