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B4236 crash in Newport on 16 October 1997 at 20:35 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4236 in Newport at 20:35 on Thursday 16 October 1997. The 24-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 1997
Thursday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61348, longitude -2.95617, in the NP18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caerleon.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610134197
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4236
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1997610134197 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 1997.