Unclassified road crash in Bridgend CF31 on 7 November 2017 at 15:58 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a Renault Captur were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend at 15:58 on Tuesday 7 November 2017. The 54-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia and the 51-year-old female driver of the Renault Captur were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Nov 2017
- Tuesday, 15:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and Renault Captur
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52528, longitude -3.57382, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621701509
- 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
- T or staggered 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a fatal crash on 20 May 2019.
Fatal
Mercedes E Class crash on the B4181 in Bridgend, 20 May 2019
9 m awayRef 2019621900692
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 11 February 1997
9 m awayRef 199762F005297
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 10 August 1989
13 m awayRef 1989620F11150
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 9 January 1996
13 m awayRef 199662F001196
Serious
Mazda Demio crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 15 December 2016
16 m awayRef 2016621602098
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 9 November 1994
19 m awayRef 199462F037994
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Captur
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Captur)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017621701509 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.