A4050 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 7 April 2017 at 19:09 involving a Toyota Yaris
Four vehicles, including a Toyota Yaris and a Honda Insight, were involved in a crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 19:09 on Friday 7 April 2017. An 11-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Apr 2017
- Friday, 19:09
- Vehicles
- 4
- Toyota Yaris and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4523, longitude -3.26458, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wenvoe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, CF5 6BX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621700635
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 4050
- Road type
- Single 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 2000.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 12 April 2000
10 m awayRef 2000620013003
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 11 December 2020
12 m awayRef 2020622100019
Slight
Car crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 3 July 1989
26 m awayRef 1989620E08020
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 20 September 2006
33 m awayRef 2006620157444
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 5 June 1983
33 m awayRef 1983620E05540
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 27 November 2001
53 m awayRef 2001620048607
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Insight
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017621700635 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.