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A4051 crash in Newport on 16 December 1996 at 17:45 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A4051 in Newport at 17:45 on Monday 16 December 1996. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 1996
Monday, 17:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62317, longitude -3.01199, in the NP44 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996610159896
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4051
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 1996610159896 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 1996.