A4042 crash in Torfaen on 2 October 2002 at 12:52 involving a Citroen Berlingo van
A Citroen Berlingo van, a Ford Fiesta and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A4042 in Torfaen at 12:52 on Wednesday 2 October 2002. The 40-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2002
- Wednesday, 12:52
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Berlingo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68306, longitude -3.01727, in the NP4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Panteg, Torfaen, NP4 0DQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002610107402
- Council area
- Torfaen
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4042
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2024.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 6 October 2024
21 m awayRef 2024610042224
Fatal
Peugeot 3008 crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 7 August 2023
28 m awayRef 2023610028523
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 1 December 2001
28 m awayRef 2001610134601
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 3 February 2007
32 m awayRef 2007610007707
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 9 March 1993
36 m awayRef 199361B09793T
Slight
Reliant Robin crash on the A4042 in Torfaen, 2 November 1992
36 m awayRef 199261B44692T
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2002610107402 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 2002.