Unclassified road crash in the Vale of Glamorgan CF5 on 10 August 2011 at 16:40 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A car and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan at 16:40 on Wednesday 10 August 2011. The 55-year-old male driver of the car 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
- 10 Aug 2011
- Wednesday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44795, longitude -3.2633, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wenvoe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, CF5 6BX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011620210958
- Council area
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- The Vale of Glamorgan
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2011.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 17 September 2011
At the same spotRef 2011620211577
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 2 October 2011
At the same spotRef 2011620212047
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 18 June 2007
At the same spotRef 2007620167976
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 22 March 1995
32 m awayRef 199562E006395
Serious
Car crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 25 December 1979
32 m awayRef 1979620E03890
Slight
Iveco crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 2 January 2003
50 m awayRef 2003620074839
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2011620210958 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 2011.