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Serious C road crash in Newport NP19 on 28 May 1991 at 13:30 involving a Ford Capri

A Ford Capri hit a pedestrian on a C road in Newport at 13:30 on Tuesday 28 May 1991. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 May 1991
Tuesday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Capri
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57268, longitude -2.94218, in the NP19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199161A202910
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199161A202910 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 1991.