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Unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF34 on 3 March 2017 at 14:58 involving a Wrightbus Streetlite

A Wrightbus Streetlite hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 14:58 on Friday 3 March 2017. A 22-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Mar 2017
Friday, 14:58
Vehicles
1
Wrightbus Streetlite
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60925, longitude -3.65792, in the CF34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maesteg. It is one of the crashes that make up the Maesteg East, Bridgend, CF34 9UU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017621700363
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Raining, no 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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Wrightbus Streetlite

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    4,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Streetlite)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2017621700363 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 2017.