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B4265 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 21 March 2008 at 20:53 involving a Ford Galaxy

A Ford Galaxy hit a pedestrian on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 20:53 on Friday 21 March 2008. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Mar 2008
Friday, 20:53
Vehicles
1
Ford Galaxy
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40762, longitude -3.46075, in the CF61 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008620177358
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
The Vale of Glamorgan

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4265
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2008620177358 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 2008.