B4265 crash in Bridgend on 28 March 2014 at 12:12 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, a Mazda 3 and a Volkswagen Touran were involved in a crash on the B4265 in Bridgend at 12:12 on Friday 28 March 2014. The 24-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Mar 2014
- Friday, 12:12
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48873, longitude -3.58, in the CF35 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014621400592
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4265
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the B4265 in Bridgend, 10 March 1985
8 m awayRef 1985620F02420
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4524 in Bridgend, 9 August 2009
12 m awayRef 2009620192999
Slight
Car crash on the B4265 in Bridgend, 14 July 1984
30 m awayRef 1984620F07230
Slight
Nissan 350 crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 2 October 2011
55 m awayRef 2011620213387
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the B4265 in Bridgend, 7 May 2012
55 m awayRef 2012621200081
Serious
Minibus crash on the B4265 in Bridgend, 28 November 1981
56 m awayRef 1981620F03940
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Touran
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2014621400592 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 2014.