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Serious C road crash in Torfaen NP44 on 22 March 2001 at 14:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Astramax were involved in a crash on a C road in Torfaen at 14:00 on Thursday 22 March 2001. The 76-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 62-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astramax were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Mar 2001
Thursday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Astramax
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6427, longitude -3.01579, in the NP44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cwmbrân. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Dials, Torfaen, NP44 3LE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001610030001
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astramax

    Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astramax)

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 2001610030001 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 2001.