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Serious C road crash in Torfaen NP44 on 5 December 1997 at 14:50 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro hit a pedestrian on a C road in Torfaen at 14:50 on Friday 5 December 1997. An 85-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 1997
Friday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
Austin Maestro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6628, longitude -3.04569, in the NP44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cwmbrân.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610150897
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
C
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 85, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1997610150897 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.