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B4246 crash in Torfaen on 29 July 2000 at 21:30 involving a Peugeot 405 taxi

A Peugeot 405 taxi and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B4246 in Torfaen at 21:30 on Saturday 29 July 2000. The 47-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 405 taxi, the 33-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and an 11-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jul 2000
Saturday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 405 and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73228, longitude -3.0734, in the NP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abersychan.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000610115200
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4246
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 2000610115200 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.