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A4065 crash in Bridgend on 25 December 2019 at 00:15 involving a BMW M5

A BMW M5 crashed on the A4065 in Bridgend at 00:15 on Wednesday 25 December 2019. The 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 2019
Wednesday, 00:15
Vehicles
1
BMW M5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54784, longitude -3.57152, in the CF32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sarn. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre, Bridgend, CF32 9AJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019622000033
Council area
Bridgend
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4065
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 70 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW M5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    4,395 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW M5)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2019622000033 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 2019.