A4160 crash in Cardiff on 28 September 2022 at 10:04 involving a Citroen Relay van
A Citroen Relay van and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A4160 in Cardiff at 10:04 on Wednesday 28 September 2022. The 19-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Sep 2022
- Wednesday, 10:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Relay and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46403, longitude -3.19366, in the CF11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grangetown, Cardiff, CF11 8TY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022622200736
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4160
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2016.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 19 April 2016
6 m awayRef 2016621600711
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 23 December 2016
7 m awayRef 2016621602130
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 2 July 2025
11 m awayRef 2025622500457
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 1 July 2011
12 m awayRef 2011620210283
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 15 October 2011
12 m awayRef 2011620211985
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A4160 in Cardiff, 23 January 2012
12 m awayRef 2012620214192
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Relay
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,422 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022622200736 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 2022.