B4270 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 17 December 2018 at 15:34 involving a Renault Trafic van
A Renault Trafic van hit a pedestrian on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 15:34 on Monday 17 December 2018. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2018
- Monday, 15:34
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45193, longitude -3.4876, in the CF71 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018621801646
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 4270
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 2004.
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 18 November 2004
22 m awayRef 2004620121424
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 10 June 2014
24 m awayRef 2014621401058
Serious
Leyland DAF FA 50 crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 3 June 1996
70 m awayRef 199662E014996
Slight
Omoda 5 Noble Auto crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 25 January 2025
74 m awayRef 2025622500106
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 7 August 1994
104 m awayRef 199462E028694
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the B4270 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 28 November 2012
108 m awayRef 2012621201530
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Trafic)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018621801646 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.