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Serious C road crash in Monmouthshire NP7 on 31 August 2000 at 17:37 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Suzuki SJ were involved in a crash on a C road in Monmouthshire at 17:37 on Thursday 31 August 2000. The 35-year-old male driver of the Suzuki SJ was seriously injured and the 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Aug 2000
Thursday, 17:37
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Suzuki SJ
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7817, longitude -2.94149, in the NP7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000610108900
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki SJ

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,324 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki SJ)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 2000610108900 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 2000.