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M4 crash in Newport on 10 August 2007 at 14:10 involving a Jaguar S Type

A Jaguar S Type and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the M4 in Newport at 14:10 on Friday 10 August 2007. A 69-year-old female passenger in the Mazda 3, the 67-year-old male driver of the Mazda 3 and a 75-year-old female passenger in the Jaguar S Type were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Aug 2007
Friday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Jaguar S Type and Mazda 3
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59297, longitude -3.02651, in the NP20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Allt-yr-yn, Newport, NP20 5EL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007610059407
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar S Type

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    2,720 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    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
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar S Type)

    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 2007610059407 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.