Unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF91 on 7 July 2018 at 11:12 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, a Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 11:12 on Saturday 7 July 2018. The 43-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was 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
- 7 Jul 2018
- Saturday, 11:12
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46485, longitude -3.19624, in the CF91 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grangetown, Cardiff, CF11 8TY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018621800859
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 35 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 6 July 1987
35 m awayRef 1987620D11630
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 29 March 2018
41 m awayRef 2018621800326
Serious
Ford Transit Courier crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 24 April 2019
59 m awayRef 2019621900540
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 17 May 2004
63 m awayRef 2004620109189
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 17 February 1997
65 m awayRef 199762D004197
Slight
Triumph Acclaim crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 25 October 1995
65 m awayRef 199562D032095
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2018621800859 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.