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Unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF36 on 3 October 2007 at 16:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 16:20 on Wednesday 3 October 2007. A 79-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 2007
Wednesday, 16:20
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48625, longitude -3.69861, in the CF36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Porthcawl. It is one of the crashes that make up the Porthcawl East Central, Bridgend, CF36 5NB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007620171539
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dark, lighting unknown
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, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 2007620171539 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.