A469 crash in Caerphilly on 19 May 2011 at 07:05 involving a Chevrolet Matiz
A Chevrolet Matiz and a Kia Ceed were involved in a crash on the A469 in Caerphilly at 07:05 on Thursday 19 May 2011. The 66-year-old male driver of the Kia Ceed was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 May 2011
- Thursday, 07:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Chevrolet Matiz and Kia Ceed
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67845, longitude -3.22703, in the CF81 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bargod. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberbargoed and Bargoed, Caerphilly, CF81 9FY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011610028011
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 469
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2009.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 25 August 2009
At the same spotRef 2009610078009
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 18 October 2020
8 m awayRef 2020610040020
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 24 June 2015
13 m awayRef 2015610030915
Slight
Kia Rio crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 18 October 2025
16 m awayRef 2025610044725
Slight
Freight Rover Sherpa crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 6 April 1993
20 m awayRef 199362N013693
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 30 November 1995
30 m awayRef 199562N030095
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Chevrolet Matiz
Car
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,591 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Ceed)
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 2011610028011 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2011.