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A455 crash in Newport on 21 November 2003 at 14:35 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A455 in Newport at 14:35 on Friday 21 November 2003. The 43-year-old female driver of the Rover 400 Series was 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
21 Nov 2003
Friday, 14:35
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5974, longitude -2.92627, in the NP19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ringland, Newport, NP18 2YB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003610124903
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
455
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
C

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

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 2003610124903 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.