Serious B4280 crash in Bridgend on 10 September 2014 at 14:14 involving a Ford
A Ford, a Mercedes lorry and a Honda Jazz were involved in a crash on the B4280 in Bridgend at 14:14 on Wednesday 10 September 2014. The 17-year-old male driver of the Ford was seriously injured and a 16-year-old male passenger in the Ford and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Ford were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Sep 2014
- Wednesday, 14:14
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54018, longitude -3.50437, in the CF35 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014621401685
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4280
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2000.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 10 December 2000
9 m awayRef 2000620026716
Slight
Car crash on the B4280 in Bridgend, 13 December 1982
38 m awayRef 1982620F04040
Serious
Taxi crash on the B4280 in Bridgend, 26 March 1989
59 m awayRef 1989620F04130
Slight
Lorry crash on the B4280 in Bridgend, 12 November 1979
66 m awayRef 1979620F03800
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4280 in Bridgend, 17 October 1996
80 m awayRef 199662F037596
Slight
Car crash on the B4280 in Bridgend, 25 July 1989
93 m awayRef 1989620F10550
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 58 years
Vehicle 3: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2014621401685 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.