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A4161 crash in Cardiff on 9 October 2020 at 21:06 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and an e-scooter were involved in a crash on the A4161 in Cardiff at 21:06 on Friday 9 October 2020. The 14-year-old male rider of the e-scooter was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Oct 2020
Friday, 21:06
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and e-scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48694, longitude -3.16034, in the CF24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plasnewydd, Cardiff, CF24 3HP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020622100016
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4161
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: E-scooter

    Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    E-scooter
    Vehicle was an e-scooter

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (E-scooter)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    E-scooter
    Casualty was using an e-scooter

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 2020622100016 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 2020.