A48 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 25 December 2003 at 14:11 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot at 14:11 on Thursday 25 December 2003. The 20-year-old male driver and a 22-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2003
- Thursday, 14:11
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54001, longitude -3.69989, in the CF33 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003620100155
- 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
- 48
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 September 2006.
Serious
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot, 7 September 2006
36 m awayRef 2006620157853
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A48 in Bridgend, 29 October 2002
36 m awayRef 2002620072191
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot, 4 April 1988
63 m awayRef 1988620F04690
Serious
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 14 June 2000
92 m awayRef 2000620016673
Slight
Ford Ecosport crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot, 26 October 2023
95 m awayRef 2023622300905
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot, 8 February 1979
120 m awayRef 1979620G00430
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2003620100155 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.