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Serious A4046 crash in Blaenau Gwent on 2 April 1997 at 17:45 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent at 17:45 on Wednesday 2 April 1997. The 28-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 405 was seriously injured and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 405 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Apr 1997
Wednesday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Peugeot 405
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78706, longitude -3.21413, in the NP23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610036797
Council area
Blaenau Gwent
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4046
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1997610036797 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 1997.