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M4 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 17 May 2008 at 17:10 involving a Ford Focus

A vehicle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot at 17:10 on Saturday 17 May 2008. The 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus, a 46-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus and a 2-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 2008
Saturday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Vehicle and Ford Focus
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64917, longitude -3.84867, in the SA10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coedffranc Central, Neath Port Talbot, SA10 6NJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008620180441
Council area
Neath Port Talbot
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
465

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
Carriageway hazards
Pedestrian in carriageway, not injured

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    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 2008620180441 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Neath Port Talbot road accident statistics for 2008.