A4049 crash in Caerphilly on 11 December 2011 at 17:00 involving a Seat Arosa
A Seat Arosa and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly at 17:00 on Sunday 11 December 2011. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Seat Arosa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2011
- Sunday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Arosa and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66666, longitude -3.2189, in the NP12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fleur-de-lis and Pengam. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cefn Fforest and Pengam, Caerphilly, NP12 3SZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011610067811
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4049
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 March 2013.
Serious
Dennis crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly, 5 March 2013
At the same spotRef 2013610015813
Serious
Car crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly, 21 March 2012
At the same spotRef 2012610012412
Fatal
Austin Metro crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly, 12 February 1992
At the same spotRef 199261C04492P
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 15 November 2009
At the same spotRef 2009610083509
Slight
Car crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly, 30 November 1995
At the same spotRef 1995610131095
Slight
Datsun Cherry crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly, 15 June 1994
At the same spotRef 1994610060394
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Arosa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,386 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Arosa)
- 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 2011610067811 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.