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Serious M4 crash in Newport on 14 March 1994 at 11:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Leyland lorry were involved in a crash on the M4 in Newport at 11:30 on Monday 14 March 1994. The 80-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Mar 1994
Monday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Leyland
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60184, longitude -2.91593, in the NP18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Langstone.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994610027694
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1994610027694 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 1994.