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Serious M4 crash in Monmouthshire on 9 July 1995 at 18:56 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the M4 in Monmouthshire at 18:56 on Sunday 9 July 1995. The 25-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jul 1995
Sunday, 18:56
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59457, longitude -2.76406, in the NP26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995610071395
Council area
Monmouthshire
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 October 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1995610071395 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Monmouthshire road accident statistics for 1995.