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B4245 crash in Monmouthshire on 30 September 1979 at 06:02 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4245 in Monmouthshire at 06:02 on Sunday 30 September 1979. The 36-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Sep 1979
Sunday, 06:02
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58635, longitude -2.79668, in the NP26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197961B449790
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4245
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 June 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 197961B449790 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Monmouthshire road accident statistics for 1979.