B4596 crash in Newport on 12 February 2003 at 12:39 involving a Fiat Seicento
A Fiat Seicento and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B4596 in Newport at 12:39 on Wednesday 12 February 2003. The 50-year-old male driver of the Fiat Seicento was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 2003
- Wednesday, 12:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Seicento and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60118, longitude -2.98093, in the NP19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Julians, Newport, NP19 7LA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newport
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003610029003
- Council area
- Newport
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4596
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2003.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4596 in Newport, 7 December 2003
At the same spotRef 2003610134703
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in Newport, 6 July 2017
4 m awayRef 2017610029917
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B4596 in Newport, 9 November 2021
5 m awayRef 2021610061621
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B4596 in Newport, 24 May 2002
10 m awayRef 2002610052102
Slight
Nissan crash on the B4596 in Newport, 5 October 2024
12 m awayRef 2024610044524
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the B4596 in Newport, 28 February 2004
41 m awayRef 2004610047404
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Seicento
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Seicento)
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 2003610029003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newport road accident statistics for 2003.