B4487 crash in Cardiff on 10 July 2017 at 15:41 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a Renault Scenic and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the B4487 in Cardiff at 15:41 on Monday 10 July 2017. The 59-year-old male driver of the Renault Scenic, the 34-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van and a 59-year-old female passenger in the Renault Scenic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jul 2017
- Monday, 15:41
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53015, longitude -3.10192, in the CF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trowbridge, Cardiff, CF3 0DL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621701068
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4487
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 2022.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4487 in Cardiff, 6 July 2022
4 m awayRef 2022622200534
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4487 in Cardiff, 20 November 2023
7 m awayRef 2023622300981
Slight
Citroen DS3 crash on the B4487 in Cardiff, 27 October 2018
8 m awayRef 2018621801448
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the B4487 in Cardiff, 5 June 2013
10 m awayRef 2013621301046
Serious
Car crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 16 July 1981
19 m awayRef 1981620C02480
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the B4487 in Cardiff, 7 December 2017
26 m awayRef 2017621701656
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2017621701068 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 2017.