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Serious A4061 crash in Bridgend on 17 March 2015 at 12:54 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A4061 in Bridgend at 12:54 on Tuesday 17 March 2015. The 58-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Mar 2015
Tuesday, 12:54
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52677, longitude -3.57309, in the CF35 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre, Bridgend, CF32 9SU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015621500538
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4061
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), 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 2015621500538 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 2015.