Serious A466 crash in Monmouthshire on 23 April 2004 at 18:00 involving a Citroen AX
A Citroen AX and a Fiat Bravo were involved in a crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire at 18:00 on Friday 23 April 2004. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Apr 2004
- Friday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen AX and Fiat Bravo
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62375, longitude -2.67574, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004610043404
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2005.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 19 September 2005
10 m awayRef 2005610098705
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 1 December 1997
50 m awayRef 1997610151797
Slight
Car crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 10 February 2002
50 m awayRef 2002610014402
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A4 in Monmouthshire, 11 September 2017
56 m awayRef 2017610038017
Fatal
Car crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 27 October 2015
56 m awayRef 2015610053915
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 29 April 2010
72 m awayRef 2010610028510
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 954 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Bravo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Bravo)
- 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 2004610043404 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 2004.