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A4048 crash in Caerphilly on 8 January 2000 at 22:00 involving a Fiat Punto

A vehicle, a Fiat Punto and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A4048 in Caerphilly at 22:00 on Saturday 8 January 2000. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 2000
Saturday, 22:00
Vehicles
3
Fiat Punto and 2 others
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67167, longitude -3.19503, in the NP12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000610006300
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4048
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 2000610006300 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2000.