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Serious A4048 crash in Blaenau Gwent on 16 October 2008 at 21:40 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo crashed on the A4048 in Blaenau Gwent at 21:40 on Thursday 16 October 2008. A 21-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Oct 2008
Thursday, 21:40
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73956, longitude -3.22144, in the NP22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008610079808
Council area
Blaenau Gwent
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4048
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 2008610079808 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 2008.