Skip to main content
CrashStats

A48 crash in Newport on 9 December 2000 at 16:25 involving a Ford Transit minibus

A Ford Transit minibus and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A48 in Newport at 16:25 on Saturday 9 December 2000. A 25-year-old female passenger in the Renault Laguna was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 2000
Saturday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Renault Laguna
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60118, longitude -2.92606, in the NP18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000610153300
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
449

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)

    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 2000610153300 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newport road accident statistics for 2000.