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Serious A470 crash in Cardiff on 9 February 2015 at 08:53 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A470 in Cardiff at 08:53 on Monday 9 February 2015. The 21-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Feb 2015
Monday, 08:53
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50814, longitude -3.20072, in the CF14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llandaff North, Cardiff, CF14 3HJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015621500285
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
470
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2015621500285 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 2015.