A4161 crash in Cardiff on 3 September 2008 at 08:30 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a Ford KA and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A4161 in Cardiff at 08:30 on Wednesday 3 September 2008. The 44-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Sep 2008
- Wednesday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50332, longitude -3.14336, in the CF3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 9AQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008620184670
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4161
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Raining with 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a fatal crash on 22 July 2006.
Fatal
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 22 July 2006
22 m awayRef 2006620154642
Slight
Kia Stonic crash on the A4232 in Cardiff, 28 September 2022
27 m awayRef 2022622200775
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 17 December 2003
32 m awayRef 2003620100664
Slight
Scania crash on the B4161 in Cardiff, 14 June 1999
41 m awayRef 199962L018099
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 5 October 1994
41 m awayRef 199462L055594
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4232 in Cardiff, 5 May 2006
51 m awayRef 2006620151400
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 2008620184670 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 2008.