A48 crash in Cardiff on 3 September 2013 at 08:16 involving a Citroen C1
A Citroen C1, a car and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A48 in Cardiff at 08:16 on Tuesday 3 September 2013. The 21-year-old female driver of the Citroen C1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Sep 2013
- Tuesday, 08:16
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C1 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51519, longitude -3.14323, in the CF23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pentwyn, Cardiff, CF23 9NQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013621301615
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 48
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2019.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 9 November 2019
13 m awayRef 2019621901467
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 18 September 2012
22 m awayRef 2012621201009
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 26 October 2015
30 m awayRef 2015621501840
Slight
Van crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 1 October 2015
30 m awayRef 2015621501687
Serious
Car crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 2 April 1982
54 m awayRef 1982620C01240
Slight
Fiat Doblo crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 21 September 2019
59 m awayRef 2019621901223
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)
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 2013621301615 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 2013.