A4055 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 3 July 2018 at 10:17 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Renault Twingo were involved in a crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 10:17 on Tuesday 3 July 2018. The 46-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris and the 82-year-old male driver of the Renault Twingo 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
- 3 Jul 2018
- Tuesday, 10:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Renault Twingo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43101, longitude -3.21996, in the CF64 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan, CF64 4BD 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
- 2018621800843
- 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
- 4055
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 2025.
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 22 April 2025
1 m awayRef 2025622500293
Slight
Car crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 19 March 2015
2 m awayRef 2015621500526
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 9 August 2013
2 m awayRef 2013621301418
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 19 January 2012
2 m awayRef 2012620214207
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 23 January 2007
2 m awayRef 2007620162797
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4055 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 10 August 2009
2 m awayRef 2009620192561
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Twingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Twingo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018621800843 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 2018.