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Unclassified road crash in Blaenau Gwent NP23 on 1 August 1998 at 12:37 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent at 12:37 on Saturday 1 August 1998. All four casualties were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 1998
Saturday, 12:37
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7749, longitude -3.20772, in the NP23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ebbw Vale.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998610102598
Council area
Blaenau Gwent
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1998610102598 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaenau Gwent road accident statistics for 1998.