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Serious unclassified road crash in Newport NP18 on 26 July 1992 at 22:10 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on an unclassified road in Newport at 22:10 on Sunday 26 July 1992. The 37-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jul 1992
Sunday, 22:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6138, longitude -2.96051, in the NP18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caerleon.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199261A255920
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 May 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199261A255920 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 1992.