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A4063 crash in Bridgend on 2 December 2018 at 02:33 involving a Toyota Auris taxi

A Toyota Auris taxi hit a pedestrian on the A4063 in Bridgend at 02:33 on Sunday 2 December 2018. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 2018
Sunday, 02:33
Vehicles
1
Toyota Auris
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52819, longitude -3.58772, in the CF31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pen-y-fai. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pen-y-fai, Bridgend, CF31 4NZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018621900004
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4063
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Auris

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Auris)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
    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 2018621900004 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.