Unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF32 on 21 April 2012 at 10:55 involving a Ford Fiesta taxi
A Ford Fiesta taxi and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 10:55 on Saturday 21 April 2012. The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Apr 2012
- Saturday, 10:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60978, longitude -3.54406, in the CF32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ogmore Vale.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012621200153
- 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
- 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
- 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, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 1994.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 19 February 1994
71 m awayRef 199462F005694
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 17 May 2017
98 m awayRef 2017621700784
Serious
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 1 November 2006
100 m awayRef 2006620161266
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 25 October 2004
150 m awayRef 2004620119803
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 11 May 1993
206 m awayRef 199362F013593
Slight
Leyland crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 13 February 1998
224 m awayRef 199862F006198
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2012621200153 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 2012.