B4261 crash in Cardiff on 5 May 2021 at 21:25 involving a Seat Leon
A Seat Leon, a Renault Clio and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4261 in Cardiff at 21:25 on Wednesday 5 May 2021. The 36-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 May 2021
- Wednesday, 21:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Seat Leon and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4906, longitude -3.17021, 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
- 2021622100327
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4261
- Road type
- Single 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
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2005.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4261 in Cardiff, 27 May 2005
2 m awayRef 2005620131999
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the B4261 in Cardiff, 22 July 2020
7 m awayRef 2020622000661
Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 21 January 2012
10 m awayRef 2012620214234
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4261 in Cardiff, 9 October 2001
10 m awayRef 2001620045002
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B4261 in Cardiff, 20 October 2020
10 m awayRef 2020622100353
Slight
Bedford crash on the B4261 in Cardiff, 1 November 2001
18 m awayRef 2001620046787
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 3: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 36, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
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 2021622100327 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.