B4265 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 20 August 2021 at 18:15 involving a Citroen C1
A Citroen C1 and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 18:15 on Friday 20 August 2021. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Aug 2021
- Friday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C1 and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42637, longitude -3.5197, in the CF71 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of Glamorgan
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021622100751
- Council area
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- The Vale of Glamorgan
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4265
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 1992.
Slight
Leyland crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 20 July 1992
41 m awayRef 1992620E01860
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 1 March 2019
48 m awayRef 2019621900303
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 25 May 2002
77 m awayRef 2002620059968
Serious
Car crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 5 April 1980
86 m awayRef 1980620E00990
Slight
Car crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 8 March 2004
91 m awayRef 2004620104506
Slight
Car crash on the B4265 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 28 December 1982
93 m awayRef 1982620E04270
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021622100751 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of Glamorgan road accident statistics for 2021.