A4232 crash in Cardiff on 20 September 2013 at 08:54 involving a Renault Megane
Six vehicles, including two Renault Meganes and a BMW 3 Series, were involved in a crash on the A4232 in Cardiff at 08:54 on Friday 20 September 2013. The 25-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 43-year-old female driver of vehicle 6 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2013
- Friday, 08:54
- Vehicles
- 6
- Renault Megane and 5 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46533, longitude -3.26968, in the CF5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Caerau, Cardiff, CF5 5TG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013621301692
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4232
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 1995.
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 3 July 1995
10 m awayRef 199562D016095
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A4232 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 31 December 1991
10 m awayRef 1991620D05570
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 1 June 1992
10 m awayRef 1992620D01470
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4232 in Cardiff, 31 May 2000
10 m awayRef 2000620016932
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 2 July 1989
10 m awayRef 1989620D15440
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 21 June 1990
10 m awayRef 1990620D03610
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 5: Renault Master
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 6: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 6: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 6 (Renault Megane)
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 2013621301692 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.