A4061 crash in Bridgend on 25 July 2007 at 08:15 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Bridgend at 08:15 on Wednesday 25 July 2007. The 40-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra, a 37-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and a 32-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jul 2007
- Wednesday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.509, longitude -3.5761, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridgend Central, Bridgend, CF31 1DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007620169347
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4181
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 slight injury crash on 25 January 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 25 January 2009
At the same spotRef 2009620186356
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 23 March 2011
At the same spotRef 2011620208011
Serious
Daihatsu Charade crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 8 September 1993
At the same spotRef 199362F029193
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 4 May 2014
4 m awayRef 2014621400838
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 19 July 2014
6 m awayRef 2014621401335
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 4 December 2016
7 m awayRef 2016621602046
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2007620169347 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.