B4262 crash in Cardiff on 31 January 2009 at 03:04 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the B4262 in Cardiff at 03:04 on Saturday 31 January 2009. A 20-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Fiesta, a 19-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2009
- Saturday, 03:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48681, longitude -3.16657, in the CF24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plasnewydd, Cardiff, CF24 3HP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009620186691
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4262
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 2010.
Slight
Car crash on the B4261 in Cardiff, 9 April 2010
14 m awayRef 2010620199528
Slight
Car crash on the B4261 in Cardiff, 30 June 1991
14 m awayRef 1991620C02270
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4261 in Cardiff, 19 December 2019
19 m awayRef 2019622000003
Slight
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 16 September 1991
20 m awayRef 1991620S00130
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 6 September 1996
20 m awayRef 199662C022296
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 25 January 1999
20 m awayRef 199962C004399
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2009620186691 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 2009.