B4591 crash in Caerphilly on 14 July 2014 at 09:38 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Kia Ceed were involved in a crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly at 09:38 on Monday 14 July 2014. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and a 44-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jul 2014
- Monday, 09:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Kia Ceed
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64314, longitude -3.13432, in the NP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abercarn.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014610039614
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4591
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 1998.
Slight
Bus crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 12 July 1998
20 m awayRef 1998610088298
Serious
Yamaha crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 12 November 1993
43 m awayRef 1993610120093
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 5 August 2007
44 m awayRef 2007610070707
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A467 in Caerphilly, 2 April 2002
60 m awayRef 2002610030202
Serious
MG Midget crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 15 September 1993
81 m awayRef 1993610094593
Slight
Vauxhall Calibra crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 11 January 2002
101 m awayRef 2002610002202
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
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 2014610039614 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 2014.