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A40 crash in Monmouthshire on 15 December 2001 at 18:15 involving a Rover 600 Series

A car and a Rover 600 Series were involved in a crash on the A40 in Monmouthshire at 18:15 on Saturday 15 December 2001. The 38-year-old male driver of the Rover 600 Series and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Rover 600 Series were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2001
Saturday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Rover 600 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82253, longitude -3.01547, in the NP7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abergavenny. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grofield, Monmouthshire, NP7 5AH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001610140101
Council area
Monmouthshire
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 600 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 600 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 600 Series)

    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 2001610140101 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.