Serious A4064 crash in Bridgend on 29 August 2018 at 07:28 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A Ford Transit Custom van and a Renault Captur were involved in a crash on the A4064 in Bridgend at 07:28 on Wednesday 29 August 2018. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Custom van was seriously injured and the 49-year-old female driver of the Renault Captur and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Renault Captur were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Aug 2018
- Wednesday, 07:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Custom and Renault Captur
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58882, longitude -3.57571, in the CF32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018621801084
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4064
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 1991.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4064 in Bridgend, 18 April 1991
26 m awayRef 1991620F01320
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4064 in Bridgend, 15 February 1998
50 m awayRef 199862F005398
Slight
Datsun 160 crash on the A4064 in Bridgend, 24 March 1990
92 m awayRef 1990620F01090
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A4064 in Bridgend, 14 December 1990
123 m awayRef 1990620F04700
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Bridgend, 14 November 1985
146 m awayRef 1985620F13160
Slight
MG ZR crash on the A4064 in Bridgend, 21 June 2002
159 m awayRef 2002620063042
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Captur
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Custom)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Captur)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Captur)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018621801084 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 2018.