A4042 crash in Torfaen on 26 November 1994 at 17:31 involving a Talbot Solara

A Talbot Solara crashed on the A4042 in Torfaen at 17:31 on Saturday 26 November 1994. A 15-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 26 Nov 1994; Saturday, 17:31
Vehicles: 1; Talbot Solara
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1994610119794
Council area: Torfaen
Police force: Gwent

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 4042
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 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: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Talbot Solara
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Entered ditch
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
43 years
Engine capacity
1,592 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
10 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Solara)
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 1994610119794 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.