A466 crash in Monmouthshire on 26 October 2003 at 17:30 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire at 17:30 on Sunday 26 October 2003. The 28-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2003
- Sunday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62026, longitude -2.67222, in the NP16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bulwark and Thornwell, Monmouthshire, NP16 5RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003610117103
- Council area
- Monmouthshire
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 466
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2016.
Slight
Suzuki GSF 1250 crash on the M48 in Monmouthshire, 26 December 2016
4 m awayRef 2016610059016
Slight
Yamaha XP crash on the M48 in Monmouthshire, 10 November 2021
5 m awayRef 2021610059421
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A48 in Monmouthshire, 7 December 2014
7 m awayRef 2014610082714
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 13 January 1999
10 m awayRef 1999610011699
Slight
Yamaha FZ6 crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 17 May 2010
10 m awayRef 2010610032510
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 2 April 2001
10 m awayRef 2001610049101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- 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 2003610117103 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 2003.