A4042 crash in Torfaen on 27 November 1998 at 08:00 involving a Rover Mini
Four vehicles, including a Rover Mini and a Fiat Punto, were involved in a crash on the A4042 in Torfaen at 08:00 on Friday 27 November 1998. The 27-year-old male driver of the Rover Mini was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Nov 1998
- Friday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Rover Mini and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68221, longitude -3.01591, in the NP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontypool.
Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998610145598
- Council area
- Torfaen
- Police force
- Gwent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4042
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 10 September 2015
5 m awayRef 2015610048915
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 29 April 1996
10 m awayRef 1996610043096
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 18 February 2004
10 m awayRef 2004610015404
Slight
Car crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 27 February 1998
10 m awayRef 1998610037798
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 15 March 2014
16 m awayRef 2014610016514
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 27 December 2002
20 m awayRef 2002610143402
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Rover Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Nissan Bluebird
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Mini)
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 1998610145598 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 1998.