A4050 crash in the Vale of Glamorgan on 15 July 2022 at 12:16 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan at 12:16 on Friday 15 July 2022. The 19-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 2022
- Friday, 12:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42204, longitude -3.2782, in the CF62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gibbonsdown, Vale of Glamorgan, CF62 9DD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022622200551
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 4050
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 October 1982.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 14 October 1982
11 m awayRef 1982620E03090
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 16 July 2001
15 m awayRef 2001620039617
Slight
Car crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 30 October 1988
15 m awayRef 1988620E12600
Slight
Car crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 6 August 1988
20 m awayRef 1988620E08660
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the A4050 in the Vale of Glamorgan, 7 December 2016
25 m awayRef 2016621602030
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of Glamorgan, 21 November 2001
29 m awayRef 2001620048303
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2022622200551 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 2022.