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Unclassified road crash in Monmouthshire NP7 on 18 April 1997 at 13:05 involving a Rover Montego

A Rover Montego hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Monmouthshire at 13:05 on Friday 18 April 1997. A 2-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 1997
Friday, 13:05
Vehicles
1
Rover Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82602, longitude -3.0116, in the NP7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abergavenny.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610041997
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, 70 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover Montego)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 1997610041997 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 1997.