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A4043 crash in Torfaen on 30 August 1982 at 23:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4043 in Torfaen at 23:15 on Monday 30 August 1982. An 8-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and a 30-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Aug 1982
Monday, 23:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77196, longitude -3.08546, in the NP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blaenavon.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198261B41982P
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4043
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198261B41982P 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 1982.