Serious A4106 crash in Bridgend on 10 October 2009 at 12:10 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio, a Volkswagen Polo and a van were involved in a crash on the A4106 in Bridgend at 12:10 on Saturday 10 October 2009. A 5-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio and a 75-year-old female passenger in the van were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Oct 2009
- Saturday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48715, longitude -3.69864, in the CF36 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Porthcawl East Central, Bridgend, CF36 5NB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009620194455
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 July 2005.
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A4106 in Bridgend, 31 July 2005
At the same spotRef 2005620138765
Slight
Bedford crash on the A4106 in Bridgend, 30 July 1994
41 m awayRef 199462F025594
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4106 in Bridgend, 12 June 1992
45 m awayRef 1992620F01960
Serious
Car crash on the A4106 in Bridgend, 31 August 1980
50 m awayRef 1980620F03020
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4106 in Bridgend, 12 November 1985
81 m awayRef 1985620F14500
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 3 October 2007
100 m awayRef 2007620171539
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 75, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Van)
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 2009620194455 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 2009.