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Serious unclassified road crash in Torfaen NP44 on 15 February 1979 at 23:20 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Torfaen at 23:20 on Thursday 15 February 1979. A 26-year-old male pedestrian and a 31-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 1979
Thursday, 23:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64464, longitude -3.04484, in the NP44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cwmbrân.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197961B059790
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 67 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 197961B059790 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torfaen road accident statistics for 1979.