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C road crash in Torfaen NP44 on 23 February 1994 at 15:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on a C road in Torfaen at 15:00 on Wednesday 23 February 1994. The 34-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Feb 1994
Wednesday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66628, longitude -3.01772, in the NP44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cwmbrân.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994610020094
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, 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 1994610020094 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 1994.