A466 crash in Monmouthshire on 9 June 2010 at 07:30 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire at 07:30 on Wednesday 9 June 2010. The 40-year-old female driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jun 2010
- Wednesday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62303, longitude -2.67515, in the NP16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bulwark and Thornwell, Monmouthshire, NP16 5RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010610034310
- Council area
- Monmouthshire
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 466
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2003.
Slight
Scania crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 3 December 2003
32 m awayRef 2003610140603
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 1 December 1997
41 m awayRef 1997610151797
Slight
Car crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 10 February 2002
41 m awayRef 2002610014402
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 11 July 1984
60 m awayRef 198461B27084P
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 5 November 1990
60 m awayRef 199061B50590T
Serious
Car crash on the A466 in Monmouthshire, 26 October 1986
60 m awayRef 198661B46486P
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
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 2010610034310 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Monmouthshire road accident statistics for 2010.