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Unclassified road crash in Newport NP20 on 23 March 2001 at 10:00 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a Hyundai Accent were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newport at 10:00 on Friday 23 March 2001. The 52-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Accent was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Mar 2001
Friday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Hyundai Accent
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58427, longitude -2.99197, in the NP20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Victoria, Newport, NP19 0PQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001610026901
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Accent

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,341 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Accent)

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 2001610026901 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 2001.