B4478 crash in Blaenau Gwent on 7 June 2004 at 09:42 involving a Fiat Punto
A lorry and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent at 09:42 on Monday 7 June 2004. The 36-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jun 2004
- Monday, 09:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78261, longitude -3.21405, in the NP23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ebbw Vale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ebbw Vale North, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6EN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004610067604
- Council area
- Blaenau Gwent
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4478
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 January 1995.
Serious
Car crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent, 24 January 1995
At the same spotRef 1995610011295
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent, 17 November 2002
At the same spotRef 2002610121902
Slight
Van crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent, 5 March 2004
At the same spotRef 2004610024904
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 17 January 2020
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Slight
Car crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent, 11 November 2025
5 m awayRef 2025610061325
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on the B4478 in Blaenau Gwent, 15 June 2011
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
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 2004610067604 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaenau Gwent road accident statistics for 2004.