Serious A4064 crash in Bridgend on 23 September 2011 at 17:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and a Chevrolet Captiva, were involved in a crash on the A4064 in Bridgend at 17:05 on Friday 23 September 2011. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Sep 2011
- Friday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Astra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58657, longitude -3.57229, in the CF32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011620211700
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4064
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 47 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 January 2016.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4064 in Bridgend, 16 January 2016
47 m awayRef 2016621600128
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A4064 in Bridgend, 7 July 2009
54 m awayRef 2009620191750
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4064 in Bridgend, 10 June 2005
54 m awayRef 2005620132583
Slight
Car crash on the A4064 in Bridgend, 25 May 1988
54 m awayRef 1988620F07620
Slight
Volvo 245 crash on the A4064 in Bridgend, 24 May 1991
58 m awayRef 1991620F01720
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4064 in Bridgend, 14 May 2000
63 m awayRef 2000620015777
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Captiva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,348 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chevrolet Captiva)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2011620211700 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 2011.