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Unclassified road crash in Blaenau Gwent NP23 on 28 April 2002 at 14:05 involving a Fiat Brava

A Fiat Brava and a Volvo V40 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent at 14:05 on Sunday 28 April 2002. The 29-year-old male driver of the Fiat Brava and the 46-year-old male driver of the Volvo V40 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Apr 2002
Sunday, 14:05
Vehicles
2
Fiat Brava and Volvo V40
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77019, longitude -3.20734, 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 South, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6UQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002610045602
Council area
Blaenau Gwent
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Brava

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,581 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo V40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Brava)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V40)

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 2002610045602 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 2002.