A4051 crash in Newport on 18 May 2003 at 17:45 involving a Mazda Premacy
A Mazda Premacy and an Alfa Romeo 156 were involved in a crash on the A4051 in Newport at 17:45 on Sunday 18 May 2003. An 8-year-old male passenger in the Mazda Premacy and a 37-year-old female passenger in the Mazda Premacy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 May 2003
- Sunday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda Premacy and Alfa Romeo 156
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60499, longitude -3.00873, in the NP20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Malpas, Newport, NP20 6EW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newport
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003610046403
- Council area
- Newport
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4051
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 November 2003.
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the A4051 in Newport, 12 November 2003
10 m awayRef 2003610121503
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4051 in Newport, 26 November 2001
14 m awayRef 2001610136701
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4051 in Newport, 25 June 1997
20 m awayRef 1997610070897
Slight
Car crash on the A4051 in Newport, 1 November 1996
22 m awayRef 1996610130696
Slight
Fiat crash on the A4051 in Newport, 11 March 2007
22 m awayRef 2007610020607
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A4051 in Newport, 20 December 2012
22 m awayRef 2012610067112
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda Premacy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,840 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo 156
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,747 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda Premacy)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda Premacy)
- 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 2003610046403 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.