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Serious C road crash in Torfaen NP44 on 19 September 1981 at 23:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Torfaen at 23:40 on Saturday 19 September 1981. A 21-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and a 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were seriously injured and the 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Sep 1981
Saturday, 23:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65362, longitude -3.04649, in the NP44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cwmbrân.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198161B440810
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198161B440810 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 1981.