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A40 crash in Monmouthshire on 17 February 1980 at 18:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A40 in Monmouthshire at 18:00 on Sunday 17 February 1980. A 43-year-old male pedestrian 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
17 Feb 1980
Sunday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79702, longitude -2.99616, in the NP7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198061B06080T
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
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, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 198061B06080T 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 1980.