A4061 crash in Bridgend on 3 May 2012 at 11:28 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Bridgend at 11:28 on Thursday 3 May 2012. A 49-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach, a 48-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach and a 17-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2012
- Thursday, 11:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53073, longitude -3.57209, in the CF32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre, Bridgend, CF32 9SU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012621200708
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4061
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 1992.
Slight
Morris Mini crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 12 June 1992
10 m awayRef 1992620F01990
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 17 June 2007
14 m awayRef 2007620167583
Slight
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 5 March 1992
14 m awayRef 1992620F00580
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 27 March 2016
20 m awayRef 2016621600570
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 12 January 2003
22 m awayRef 2003620078768
Slight
Bus crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 21 November 1987
22 m awayRef 1987620F17260
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 2012621200708 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.