Fatal A4106 crash in Bridgend on 9 December 2007 at 20:42 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a Vauxhall Signum were involved in a crash on the A4106 in Bridgend at 20:42 on Sunday 9 December 2007. The 21-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 was killed and the 35-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Signum was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 9 Dec 2007
- Sunday, 20:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and Vauxhall Signum
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49197, longitude -3.66339, in the CF32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007620173685
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4106
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A4106 in Bridgend, 25 January 1983
10 m awayRef 1983620F00900
Slight
Car crash on the A4106 in Bridgend, 11 July 1984
10 m awayRef 1984620F07190
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4106 in Bridgend, 11 July 1980
22 m awayRef 1980620F02250
Slight
Van crash on the A4106 in Bridgend, 12 April 1987
41 m awayRef 1987620F04650
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A4106 in Bridgend, 6 May 1996
63 m awayRef 199662F016096
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4106 in Bridgend, 15 May 1993
70 m awayRef 199362F012693
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Signum
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Signum)
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 2007620173685 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.