A4061 crash in Bridgend on 6 February 2016 at 09:16 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Bridgend at 09:16 on Saturday 6 February 2016. The 28-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra, the 54-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van and a 3-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Feb 2016
- Saturday, 09:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60608, longitude -3.54069, in the CF32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016621600318
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Raining with 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2003.
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 13 December 2003
33 m awayRef 2003620099753
Slight
Audi TT crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 14 July 2023
41 m awayRef 2023622300601
Slight
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 26 November 1982
72 m awayRef 1982620F03850
Slight
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 29 October 1982
72 m awayRef 1982620F03510
Slight
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 19 February 1989
83 m awayRef 1989620F02670
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 17 February 2007
120 m awayRef 2007620163741
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016621600318 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 2016.