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A465 crash in Monmouthshire on 25 September 1998 at 16:00 involving a Daihatsu HI-Jet van

A Daihatsu HI-Jet van and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on the A465 in Monmouthshire at 16:00 on Friday 25 September 1998. The 35-year-old male driver of the Daihatsu HI-Jet van was slightly 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
Slight
Date
25 Sep 1998
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Daihatsu HI-Jet and Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90997, longitude -2.93949, in the NP7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998610120398
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
465
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 serious injury crash on 4 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu HI-Jet

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,221 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu HI-Jet)

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 1998610120398 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 1998.