Serious unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF31 on 11 December 2009 at 05:45 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 05:45 on Friday 11 December 2009. A 57-year-old male passenger on the bicycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Dec 2009
- Friday, 05:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50871, longitude -3.54396, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brackla East and Coychurch Lower, Bridgend, CF35 5NS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009620196529
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 2011.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 6 January 2011
10 m awayRef 2011620206623
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 28 December 1989
14 m awayRef 1989620F19050
Serious
Zastava Yugo crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 18 July 1997
20 m awayRef 199762F026097
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 12 June 1987
22 m awayRef 1987620F07170
Slight
Daewoo Lacetti crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 30 June 2006
28 m awayRef 2006620154295
Slight
Rover Metro crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 4 October 1999
50 m awayRef 199962F035499
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 57, cyclist, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2009620196529 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.