B4478 crash in Blaenau Gwent on 2 July 2001 at 16:50 involving a Peugeot 106
A bicycle and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent at 16:50 on Monday 2 July 2001. The 9-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jul 2001
- Monday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Peugeot 106
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78484, longitude -3.21658, in the NP23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ebbw Vale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ebbw Vale North, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6EN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001610073601
- Council area
- Blaenau Gwent
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4478
- 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
- C
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2020.
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 23 July 2020
7 m awayRef 2020610022720
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent, 2 August 1992
10 m awayRef 199261C226920
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent, 21 September 1998
10 m awayRef 1998610125398
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent, 30 May 1993
10 m awayRef 1993610034493
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent, 12 July 2010
22 m awayRef 2010610043910
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent, 31 January 1987
28 m awayRef 198761C024870
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 9, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2001610073601 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaenau Gwent road accident statistics for 2001.