A4061 crash in Bridgend on 24 November 2018 at 00:42 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA crashed on the A4061 in Bridgend at 00:42 on Saturday 24 November 2018. The 30-year-old female driver, a 33-year-old male passenger and a 29-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Nov 2018
- Saturday, 00:42
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford KA
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5597, longitude -3.55357, in the CF35 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018621801536
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4061
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2008.
Slight
Daewoo Leganza crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 7 July 2008
14 m awayRef 2008620180925
Slight
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 26 June 1989
21 m awayRef 1989620F08780
Slight
Van crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 23 February 1983
36 m awayRef 1983620F01730
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 17 December 1995
42 m awayRef 199562F046995
Slight
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 8 August 1993
45 m awayRef 199362F024393
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 28 July 1996
50 m awayRef 199662F026696
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018621801536 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.