B4280 crash in Bridgend on 23 April 2015 at 16:11 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4280 in Bridgend at 16:11 on Thursday 23 April 2015. The 80-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 61-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 77-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2015
- Thursday, 16:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53367, longitude -3.49616, in the CF35 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pencoed and Penprysg, Bridgend, CF35 6RP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015621500740
- 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
- 40 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 2020.
Slight
Car crash on the B4280 in Bridgend, 6 November 2020
1 m awayRef 2020622000978
Slight
Renault crash on the B4280 in Bridgend, 13 June 2017
6 m awayRef 2017621700893
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B4280 in Bridgend, 5 October 1995
8 m awayRef 199562F040095
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 25 June 1993
18 m awayRef 199362F017493
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 20 February 1999
23 m awayRef 199962F005799
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 18 December 2000
38 m awayRef 2000620027611
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 80 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2015621500740 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.