A4046 crash in Blaenau Gwent on 5 April 2000 at 06:55 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier crashed on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent at 06:55 on Wednesday 5 April 2000. The 23-year-old male driver and an 18-year-old male passenger 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 Apr 2000
- Wednesday, 06:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72889, longitude -3.1741, in the NP23 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000610037400
- Council area
- Blaenau Gwent
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4046
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 2007.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 1 February 2007
42 m awayRef 2007610004507
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 20 May 1980
110 m awayRef 198061C17280P
Slight
Car crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 8 December 1987
142 m awayRef 198761C37287P
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 1 July 1990
142 m awayRef 199061C20490P
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 14 June 1991
142 m awayRef 199161C17291P
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 1 June 1991
142 m awayRef 199161C17791P
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2000610037400 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaenau Gwent road accident statistics for 2000.