B4237 crash in Newport on 9 September 2005 at 15:47 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a car were involved in a crash on the B4237 in Newport at 15:47 on Friday 9 September 2005. The 36-year-old male driver of the car and a 27-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Sep 2005
- Friday, 15:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56848, longitude -3.0199, in the NP20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gaer, Newport, NP20 3BQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newport
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005610071005
- Council area
- Newport
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4237
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 25 January 2025.
Serious
Hyundai i10 crash on the B4237 in Newport, 25 January 2025
1 m awayRef 2025610001425
Slight
Daihatsu Fourtrak crash on the A48 in Newport, 7 February 2001
10 m awayRef 2001610042701
Serious
Car crash on the A48 in Newport, 18 August 1988
14 m awayRef 198861A30288P
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Newport, 23 October 1988
14 m awayRef 198861A40088P
Serious
Car crash on the A48 in Newport, 6 October 1981
14 m awayRef 198161A36981P
Serious
Car crash on the A48 in Newport, 30 November 1984
14 m awayRef 198461A45984P
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2005610071005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newport road accident statistics for 2005.