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Unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF10 on 12 November 2017 at 20:34 involving a Volkswagen UP

A Volkswagen UP crashed on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 20:34 on Sunday 12 November 2017. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Nov 2017
Sunday, 20:34
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen UP
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4655, longitude -3.17073, in the CF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Butetown, Cardiff, CF10 5LS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017621701534
Council area
Cardiff
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen UP

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen UP)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen UP)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen UP)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen UP)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen UP)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    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 2017621701534 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.