Skip to main content
CrashStats

A467 crash in Caerphilly on 8 November 2001 at 17:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on the A467 in Caerphilly at 17:15 on Thursday 8 November 2001. The 27-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 2001
Thursday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Citroen Saxo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67061, longitude -3.1389, in the NP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newbridge, Caerphilly, NP11 5FG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001610123201
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
467
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)

    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 2001610123201 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2001.