A4061 crash in Bridgend on 18 October 2009 at 14:36 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Bridgend at 14:36 on Sunday 18 October 2009. The 52-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Oct 2009
- Sunday, 14:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53377, longitude -3.57292, in the CF32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre, Bridgend, CF32 9SU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009620194654
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4061
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 4
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 31 July 1979
10 m awayRef 1979620F02430
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 8 January 1980
14 m awayRef 1980620F00130
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Bridgend, 19 July 1982
14 m awayRef 1982620F02230
Slight
Kia Venga crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 26 March 2019
19 m awayRef 2019621900400
Slight
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 19 October 1980
22 m awayRef 1980620F03660
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 8 January 1999
22 m awayRef 199962F000599
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 87 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
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 2009620194654 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.