Serious B4265 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 20 February 2017 at 14:07 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A Ford Transit Connect van and a Peugeot 308 were involved in a crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 14:07 on Monday 20 February 2017. A 65-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 308 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Feb 2017
- Monday, 14:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Connect and Peugeot 308
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44707, longitude -3.57355, in the CF32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621700305
- Council area
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- The Vale of Glamorgan
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4265
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 33 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 July 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 1 July 1981
33 m awayRef 1981620F01780
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 5 September 2001
41 m awayRef 2001620043327
Slight
Yamaha FZS 600 crash on the B4524 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 28 September 2003
156 m awayRef 2003620095058
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 17 September 2014
192 m awayRef 2014621401735
Slight
Car crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 22 November 2015
199 m awayRef 2015621502050
Serious
Car crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 27 April 1986
299 m awayRef 1986620F05410
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2017621700305 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 2017.