A465 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 12 March 2003 at 17:11 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Renault 19 were involved in a crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot at 17:11 on Wednesday 12 March 2003. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Renault Laguna was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2003
- Wednesday, 17:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Renault 19
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65334, longitude -3.84103, in the SA10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Neath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coedffranc Central, Neath Port Talbot, SA10 6NJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003620079822
- Council area
- Neath Port Talbot
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 465
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 2002.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot, 7 March 2002
At the same spotRef 2002620055110
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot, 22 July 2003
At the same spotRef 2003620089079
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot, 10 December 2001
At the same spotRef 2001620049755
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot, 31 July 2003
At the same spotRef 2003620089050
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot, 7 July 2002
At the same spotRef 2002620062762
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot, 6 July 2005
At the same spotRef 2005620135474
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Renault 19
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
- 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 2003620079822 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Neath Port Talbot road accident statistics for 2003.