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A48 crash in Cardiff on 4 November 2016 at 13:52 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A48 in Cardiff at 13:52 on Friday 4 November 2016. The 37-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 43-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 2016
Friday, 13:52
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50676, longitude -3.14674, in the CF23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 9AQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016621601897
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4232

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2016621601897 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 2016.