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B4236 crash in Torfaen on 17 March 1997 at 08:00 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 and a car were involved in a crash on the B4236 in Torfaen at 08:00 on Monday 17 March 1997. The 43-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 405 and the 32-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Mar 1997
Monday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 405 and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63484, longitude -2.98277, in the NP18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610027297
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4236
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 126 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, 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 1997610027297 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 1997.