FOI 549/25
REQUEST
Please can we have personal injury traffic accident data for the period 1st January 2015 to the latest you hold?
Please could we have the data for the area shown in the attached plan (Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LT).
Please could we have as much of the following data as is possible:
- Plot of accident locations ·
- Date and time
- Weather and Lighting Conditions ·
- Number and type of vehicles involved ·
- Severity (Slight, Serious, Fatal) - (we only need injury accidents) ·
- An OS Grid reference ·
- Brief Description of what occurred ·
- And anything else you feel relevant
RESPONSE
We consulted with our Motoring unit who have provided the below response to your request.
During the requested time frame there were 2 personal injury traffic accidents recorded within the area: Coity Road, Bridgend CF31 1LT. Please see the breakdown requested below:
2017 – 1
- Date and time - 23.9.2017 03:51
- Weather and Lighting Conditions - fine without high winds
- Number and type of vehicles involved - 1 vehicle (car)
- Severity (Slight, Serious, Fatal) – 3 slight injuries
- An OS Grid reference longitude 290666 Latitude 180568
- Brief Description of what occurred · driver has driven along carriageway and collided with a bollard, leaving the carriageway and coming to rest on a grass verge.
2023 – 1
- Date and time – 25/11/2023 14:27
- Weather and Lighting Conditions - fine without high winds
- Number and type of vehicles involved - 1 vehicle (car)
- Severity (Slight, Serious, Fatal) – 1 slight injury
- An OS Grid reference longitude 290673 Latitude180573
- Brief Description of what occurred · vehicle lost control and collided with a bollard
In relation to your request for ‘plot of accident locations’ South Wales Police do not hold this information. Under S16 our duty to advise and assist you may wish to submit this part of your request to the Welsh Government, please see their email below:
Please note there were no personal injury traffic accidents recorded in this location during the following years: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025