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A40 crash in Monmouthshire on 30 October 1999 at 18:05 involving a Nissan Primera

A Nissan Primera and a Fiat Tempra were involved in a crash on the A40 in Monmouthshire at 18:05 on Saturday 30 October 1999. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 1999
Saturday, 18:05
Vehicles
2
Nissan Primera and Fiat Tempra
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82941, longitude -3.04146, in the NP7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abergavenny.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999610139799
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tempra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tempra)

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 1999610139799 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 1999.