Serious A465 crash in Monmouthshire on 1 December 2001 at 09:48 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A465 in Monmouthshire at 09:48 on Saturday 1 December 2001. The 18-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Dec 2001
- Saturday, 09:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.81724, longitude -3.11372, in the NP7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001610139201
- Council area
- Monmouthshire
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 465
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2004.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A465 in Monmouthshire, 2 December 2004
At the same spotRef 2004610138004
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A465 in Monmouthshire, 30 October 1999
At the same spotRef 1999610148599
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A465 in Monmouthshire, 26 November 2003
10 m awayRef 2003610129603
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A465 in Monmouthshire, 12 November 1993
10 m awayRef 1993610116593
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A465 in Monmouthshire, 18 September 2008
10 m awayRef 2008610071608
Serious
Car crash on the A465 in Monmouthshire, 16 January 1998
14 m awayRef 1998610005198
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2001610139201 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Monmouthshire road accident statistics for 2001.