A4042 crash in Monmouthshire on 16 November 2003 at 12:10 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire at 12:10 on Sunday 16 November 2003. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2003
- Sunday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77756, longitude -3.0062, in the NP7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003610129403
- Council area
- Monmouthshire
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4042
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 2024.
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire, 22 January 2024
5 m awayRef 2024610027824
Serious
Honda crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire, 14 August 2005
14 m awayRef 2005610084405
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire, 19 March 2005
14 m awayRef 2005610015505
Slight
Proton Impian crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire, 12 April 2010
14 m awayRef 2010610022310
Fatal
Aprilia Tuono crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire, 5 April 2025
17 m awayRef 2025610013625
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire, 5 August 2003
20 m awayRef 2003610087703
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2003610129403 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.