Unclassified road crash in Caerphilly CF83 on 1 March 2013 at 16:48 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara and a BMW Z3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly at 16:48 on Friday 1 March 2013. The 36-year-old female driver of the BMW Z3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Mar 2013
- Friday, 16:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Xsara and BMW Z3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59159, longitude -3.18297, in the CF83 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedwas. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bedwas and Trethomas, Caerphilly, CF83 8BN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013610083513
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 December 1994.
Serious
Car crash on the A468 in Caerphilly, 5 December 1994
At the same spotRef 199462N024194
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A468 in Caerphilly, 28 March 1997
At the same spotRef 1997610036597
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A468 in Caerphilly, 17 October 2001
10 m awayRef 2001610111901
Slight
Dennis crash on the A468 in Caerphilly, 30 April 2001
10 m awayRef 2001610043501
Slight
Car crash on the A468 in Caerphilly, 8 July 1993
10 m awayRef 199362N015693
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A468 in Caerphilly, 25 May 2000
20 m awayRef 2000610062200
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: BMW Z3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW Z3)
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 2013610083513 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2013.