A472 crash in Caerphilly on 8 December 2015 at 07:49 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A472 in Caerphilly at 07:49 on Tuesday 8 December 2015. The 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2015
- Tuesday, 07:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64698, longitude -3.20767, in the NP12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015610065015
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 472
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2017.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A472 in Caerphilly, 19 July 2017
1 m awayRef 2017610026217
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A472 in Caerphilly, 20 December 2006
50 m awayRef 2006610102606
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A472 in Caerphilly, 31 May 2007
50 m awayRef 2007610067207
Slight
Lorry crash on the A472 in Caerphilly, 14 October 1983
51 m awayRef 1983620A14760
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A472 in Caerphilly, 21 November 2003
52 m awayRef 2003610128903
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A472 in Caerphilly, 1 April 2009
52 m awayRef 2009610097309
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2015610065015 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 2015.