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Serious B4524 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 27 May 2014 at 02:20 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the B4524 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 02:20 on Tuesday 27 May 2014. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 May 2014
Tuesday, 02:20
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47336, longitude -3.62337, in the CF32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014621400966
Council area
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
The Vale of Glamorgan

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4524
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Dark, no street lighting
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 2014621400966 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 2014.