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Unclassified road crash in Torfaen NP4 on 8 June 2000 at 22:35 involving a Nissan Cherry

A Nissan Cherry and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen at 22:35 on Thursday 8 June 2000. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jun 2000
Thursday, 22:35
Vehicles
2
Nissan Cherry and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7755, longitude -3.07703, in the NP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blaenavon.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000610077900
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 2000610077900 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torfaen road accident statistics for 2000.