B4257 crash in Caerphilly on 17 September 2006 at 15:45 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the B4257 in Caerphilly at 15:45 on Sunday 17 September 2006. The 17-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old male 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
- 17 Sep 2006
- Sunday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7742, longitude -3.29442, in the NP22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Twyn Carno, Caerphilly, NP22 5QG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006610070906
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4257
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a fatal crash on 5 November 1995.
Fatal
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4257 in Caerphilly, 5 November 1995
41 m awayRef 199562N024995
Serious
Car crash on the B4257 in Caerphilly, 9 February 2021
52 m awayRef 2021610021621
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4257 in Caerphilly, 4 January 1991
91 m awayRef 1991620A00060
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 10 January 1979
91 m awayRef 19796379D0009
Serious
Car crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 20 December 1980
91 m awayRef 1980620A05630
Slight
Car crash on the B4257 in Caerphilly, 22 September 1988
91 m awayRef 1988620A13690
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2006610070906 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2006.