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A48 crash in Newport on 15 January 2007 at 19:55 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A48 in Newport at 19:55 on Monday 15 January 2007. The 26-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jan 2007
Monday, 19:55
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Renault Clio
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57656, longitude -2.96871, in the NP19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lliswerry, Newport, NP19 4QJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007610012707
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

    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 2007610012707 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 2007.