A466 crash in Monmouthshire on 10 December 2003 at 22:40 involving a Citroen AX
A Citroen AX and a Renault Espace were involved in a crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire at 22:40 on Wednesday 10 December 2003. A 17-year-old female passenger in the Citroen AX was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2003
- Wednesday, 22:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen AX and Renault Espace
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62017, 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
- 2003610141203
- 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
- Roundabout
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2010.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A48(M) in Monmouthshire, 31 March 2010
At the same spotRef 2010610021310
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 24 September 2001
At the same spotRef 2001610103701
Slight
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 16 June 2004
At the same spotRef 2004610066104
Slight
Yamaha FZ6 crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 17 May 2010
At the same spotRef 2010610032510
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A48(M) in Monmouthshire, 22 June 2009
At the same spotRef 2009610039909
Slight
Triumph Bonneville crash on the M48 in Monmouthshire, 25 September 2025
2 m awayRef 2025610040825
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 954 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Espace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,188 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)
- 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 2003610141203 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.