A4232 crash in Cardiff on 23 June 2021 at 12:26 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A4232 in Cardiff at 12:26 on Wednesday 23 June 2021. The 59-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jun 2021
- Wednesday, 12:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4658, longitude -3.26046, in the CF5 postcode district. 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
- 2021622100466
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4232
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 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, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2014.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A4232 in Cardiff, 2 February 2014
51 m awayRef 2014621400023
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on the A4232 in Cardiff, 10 February 1990
60 m awayRef 1990620D00840
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4232 in Cardiff, 5 December 1997
60 m awayRef 199762D039797
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the A4232 in Cardiff, 23 June 2016
71 m awayRef 2016621601076
Fatal
Land Rover 90 crash on the A4232 in Cardiff, 20 July 1991
76 m awayRef 1991620D03540
Slight
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A4232 in Cardiff, 9 November 1994
76 m awayRef 199462E037294
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2021622100466 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.