A4063 crash in Bridgend on 30 September 2012 at 14:41 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A4063 in Bridgend at 14:41 on Sunday 30 September 2012. The 20-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 43-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Sep 2012
- Sunday, 14:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53764, longitude -3.59266, in the CF32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberkenfig, Bridgend, CF32 9RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012621201035
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4063
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4281
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 21 August 2002.
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 21 August 2002
At the same spotRef 2002620065767
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 24 October 2001
At the same spotRef 2001620049965
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 24 April 2007
10 m awayRef 2007620165966
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 15 August 2010
10 m awayRef 2010620202753
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 16 September 2000
10 m awayRef 2000620021593
Slight
Van crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 13 December 2005
10 m awayRef 2005620143522
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 2012621201035 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.