A4061 crash in Bridgend on 29 April 2007 at 16:48 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Bridgend at 16:48 on Sunday 29 April 2007. The 45-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Apr 2007
- Sunday, 16:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58167, longitude -3.54181, 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
- 2007620165957
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4061
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 1987.
Slight
Van crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 27 December 1987
10 m awayRef 1987620F17810
Serious
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 27 January 1989
10 m awayRef 1989620F01110
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A4093 in Bridgend, 24 January 1997
20 m awayRef 199762F002697
Serious
Bus crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 22 October 1986
22 m awayRef 1986620F14130
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 10 February 1994
41 m awayRef 199462F004794
Fatal
Ford Sierra crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 27 January 1990
41 m awayRef 1990620F00320
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2007620165957 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 2007.