Serious A48 crash in Bridgend on 29 August 2015 at 22:44 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A48 in Bridgend at 22:44 on Saturday 29 August 2015. There were six casualties: two people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Aug 2015
- Saturday, 22:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 6
- 2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49525, longitude -3.56165, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oldcastle, Bridgend, CF31 3HJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015621501469
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 48
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 1993.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 11 July 1993
16 m awayRef 199362F020993
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 4 September 1979
17 m awayRef 1979620F03040
Slight
Van crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 27 December 1979
21 m awayRef 1979620F04490
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 4 May 1981
31 m awayRef 1981620F01170
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 11 May 1986
33 m awayRef 1986620F06680
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 29 April 1997
37 m awayRef 199762F014697
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2015621501469 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.