Unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF34 on 13 October 2012 at 02:23 involving a Rover 25
A Rover 25 hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 02:23 on Saturday 13 October 2012. A 57-year-old male pedestrian and a 46-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2012
- Saturday, 02:23
- Vehicles
- 1
- Rover 25
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63127, longitude -3.65663, in the CF34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maesteg. It is one of the crashes that make up the Caerau, Bridgend, CF34 0RP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012621201165
- 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
- Urban
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2004.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 14 June 2004
20 m awayRef 2004620112930
Fatal
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 16 April 1987
30 m awayRef 1987620F04810
Fatal
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 22 December 1989
70 m awayRef 1989620F19000
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 11 November 1982
70 m awayRef 1982620F03700
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 28 August 2006
70 m awayRef 2006620156201
Slight
Citroen AX crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 3 February 1996
71 m awayRef 199662F003796
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Rover 25
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 25)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 25)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
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 2012621201165 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.