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C road crash in Torfaen NP44 on 25 October 2001 at 18:05 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Cavalier taxi were involved in a crash on a C road in Torfaen at 18:05 on Thursday 25 October 2001. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Oct 2001
Thursday, 18:05
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64701, longitude -3.02687, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001610120901
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Taxi

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2001610120901 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.