Unclassified road crash in Torfaen NP4 on 3 July 2010 at 23:00 involving a Ford Focus
A vehicle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen at 23:00 on Saturday 3 July 2010. The 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 2010
- Saturday, 23:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77664, longitude -3.08039, in the NP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blaenavon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blaenavon, Torfaen, NP4 9EU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010610039810
- Council area
- Torfaen
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2001.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen, 7 November 2001
14 m awayRef 2001610122101
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen, 5 June 1987
63 m awayRef 198761B191870
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen, 17 May 1983
63 m awayRef 198361B172830
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen, 14 April 2025
73 m awayRef 2025610015725
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Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen, 1 March 2004
76 m awayRef 2004610023004
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen, 8 December 2025
79 m awayRef 2025610054925
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
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 2010610039810 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torfaen road accident statistics for 2010.