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Serious A48 crash in Newport on 14 December 1981 at 08:00 involving a car

A car crashed on the A48 in Newport at 08:00 on Monday 14 December 1981. The 51-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Dec 1981
Monday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61596, longitude -2.80587, in the NP26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198161B60381T
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Dual 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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 328 metres away, was a fatal crash on 12 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, 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 198161B60381T in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newport road accident statistics for 1981.