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Serious A455 crash in Newport on 24 July 1998 at 17:41 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A455 in Newport at 17:41 on Friday 24 July 1998. The 45-year-old male driver of the other vehicle and a 64-year-old male passenger in the other vehicle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jul 1998
Friday, 17:41
Vehicles
2
Car and other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59289, longitude -2.92297, in the NP19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998610088498
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
455
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 64, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 1998610088498 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 1998.