A4160 crash in Cardiff on 30 October 2013 at 15:46 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A4160 in Cardiff at 15:46 on Wednesday 30 October 2013. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2013
- Wednesday, 15:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47916, longitude -3.16739, in the CF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 2GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013621301946
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4160
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4234
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2016.
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A4234 in Cardiff, 11 April 2016
19 m awayRef 2016621600665
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 5 August 2013
20 m awayRef 2013621301351
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 3 November 2003
28 m awayRef 2003620095003
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 22 January 2003
36 m awayRef 2003620079163
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4234 in Cardiff, 2 January 2002
36 m awayRef 2002620050651
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 4 November 2003
36 m awayRef 2003620095982
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2013621301946 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.