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Serious A466 crash in Monmouthshire on 7 November 1981 at 23:15 involving a car

A car and two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire at 23:15 on Saturday 7 November 1981. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Nov 1981
Saturday, 23:15
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67703, longitude -2.6739, in the NP16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198161B52081P
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
466
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
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 3: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 3 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 3 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198161B52081P 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 1981.