A4109 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 5 July 1998 at 11:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A4109 in Neath Port Talbot at 11:05 on Sunday 5 July 1998. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 1998
- Sunday, 11:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74703, longitude -3.73817, in the SA10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199862G024098
- Council area
- Neath Port Talbot
- Police force
- South Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4109
- Road type
- Single 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 100 metres away, was a fatal crash on 3 April 1985.
Fatal
Car crash on the A4109 in Neath Port Talbot, 3 April 1985
100 m awayRef 1985620G03520
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4109 in Neath Port Talbot, 15 August 2012
117 m awayRef 2012621200825
Fatal
Renault Clio crash on the A4109 in Neath Port Talbot, 27 October 2003
139 m awayRef 2003620095088
Slight
Car crash on the A4109 in Neath Port Talbot, 1 September 1989
141 m awayRef 1989620G11810
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A4109 in Neath Port Talbot, 14 September 1991
141 m awayRef 1991620G02920
Fatal
Van crash on the A4109 in Neath Port Talbot, 19 July 1985
224 m awayRef 1985620G06750
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 199862G024098 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Neath Port Talbot road accident statistics for 1998.