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A40 crash in Monmouthshire on 2 December 1997 at 06:50 involving a Rover Montego

A lorry and a Rover Montego were involved in a crash on the A40 in Monmouthshire at 06:50 on Tuesday 2 December 1997. The 33-year-old male driver of the Rover Montego was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 06:50
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Rover Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78683, longitude -2.7731, in the NP25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610165397
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Leaving lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Montego)

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 1997610165397 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.