B4257 crash in Caerphilly on 31 January 2014 at 18:05 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4257 in Caerphilly at 18:05 on Friday 31 January 2014. The 41-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 106 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2014
- Friday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76578, longitude -3.28881, in the NP22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rhymney.
Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014610056514
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4257
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 October 1997.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4257 in Caerphilly, 3 October 1997
4 m awayRef 1997610121597
Serious
Car crash on the B4257 in Caerphilly, 21 August 2007
6 m awayRef 2007610084307
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 30 August 2013
6 m awayRef 2013610057713
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 31 August 2015
9 m awayRef 2015610044215
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the B4257 in Caerphilly, 1 December 2022
9 m awayRef 2022610060622
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4257 in Caerphilly, 13 March 1999
11 m awayRef 1999610034099
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
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 2014610056514 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.