Unclassified road crash in the Vale of Glamorgan CF63 on 8 December 2008 at 09:35 involving a Land Rover Defender
A Land Rover Defender, a Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan at 09:35 on Monday 8 December 2008. The 18-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 52-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2008
- Monday, 09:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Defender and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41244, longitude -3.23773, in the CF63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cadoc, Vale of Glamorgan, CF63 2PN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008620184969
- 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
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2006.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 13 June 2006
At the same spotRef 2006620153463
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 1 May 2025
7 m awayRef 2025622500360
Slight
Toyota Camry crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 30 May 2002
10 m awayRef 2002620060131
Slight
Van crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 3 November 1988
20 m awayRef 1988620E12810
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 24 January 1996
22 m awayRef 199662E001396
Serious
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 3 February 1996
22 m awayRef 199662E002296
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 2008620184969 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.