A4063 crash in Bridgend on 5 July 2013 at 11:25 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4063 in Bridgend at 11:25 on Friday 5 July 2013. The 45-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 2013
- Friday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57314, longitude -3.62681, in the CF34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013621301149
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 December 2012.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 27 December 2012
10 m awayRef 2012621300005
Slight
Land Rover 88 crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 15 December 1991
10 m awayRef 1991620F04300
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 29 August 2003
14 m awayRef 2003620091581
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4073 in Bridgend, 23 December 1997
42 m awayRef 199762F046497
Slight
MG TF crash on the B4282 in Bridgend, 5 June 2012
50 m awayRef 2012621200312
Serious
Car crash on the A4063 in Bridgend, 25 March 1988
72 m awayRef 1988620F04230
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2013621301149 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 2013.