Serious A4047 crash in Blaenau Gwent on 24 September 1994 at 19:15 involving an MG Maestro
An MG Maestro hit a pedestrian on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent at 19:15 on Saturday 24 September 1994. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Sep 1994
- Saturday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- MG Maestro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79931, longitude -3.18546, in the NP23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brynmawr.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1994610097494
- Council area
- Blaenau Gwent
- Police force
- Gwent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4047
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1993.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 4 November 1993
22 m awayRef 1993610113093
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 27 July 2008
22 m awayRef 2008610066008
Slight
Van crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 18 December 2023
30 m awayRef 2023610050523
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 5 May 2009
32 m awayRef 2009610097709
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 3 June 2001
36 m awayRef 2001610057801
Slight
Car crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 21 February 2021
44 m awayRef 2021610004821
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: MG Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (MG Maestro)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 1994610097494 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaenau Gwent road accident statistics for 1994.