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A4042 crash in Newport on 9 July 1999 at 13:10 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A4042 in Newport at 13:10 on Friday 9 July 1999. The 26-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 and a 39-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jul 1999
Friday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Peugeot 306
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59483, longitude -2.99826, in the NP20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999610078099
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4042
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4241

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

    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 1999610078099 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 1999.