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A4160 crash in Cardiff on 4 July 2018 at 18:18 involving a Volkswagen Sharan taxi

A Volkswagen Sharan taxi hit a pedestrian on the A4160 in Cardiff at 18:18 on Wednesday 4 July 2018. All five casualties were slightly injured. One of them was a pedestrian.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jul 2018
Wednesday, 18:18
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Sharan
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47452, longitude -3.17728, in the CF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grangetown, Cardiff, CF11 6JU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018621800853
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4160
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Sharan

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2018621800853 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 2018.