A48 crash in Cardiff on 18 February 2021 at 12:48 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a Hyundai ix35 were involved in a crash on the A48 in Cardiff at 12:48 on Thursday 18 February 2021. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 2021
- Thursday, 12:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and Hyundai ix35
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47195, longitude -3.2583, in the CF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Caerau, Cardiff, CF5 5TG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021622100121
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 48
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 1991.
Slight
Datsun Cherry crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 30 May 1991
27 m awayRef 1991620D02660
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 20 May 1982
27 m awayRef 1982620D02060
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 10 October 2016
33 m awayRef 2016621601706
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 21 November 2017
42 m awayRef 2017621701558
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 20 May 2001
51 m awayRef 2001620036151
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A48 in Cardiff, 21 February 2013
55 m awayRef 2013621300403
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai ix35
Car
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2021622100121 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 2021.