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A48 crash in Newport on 20 July 1994 at 08:05 involving a Bedford lorry

A Bedford lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A48 in Newport at 08:05 on Wednesday 20 July 1994. The 34-year-old female driver of the car, a 51-year-old female passenger in the car and a 28-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jul 1994
Wednesday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
Bedford and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.597, longitude -2.93706, in the NP19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994610073294
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4236

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1994610073294 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.