C road crash in Torfaen NP44 on 14 April 2011 at 15:03 involving a Ford Transit minibus
Four vehicles, including a taxi and a Ford Transit minibus, were involved in a crash on a C road in Torfaen at 15:03 on Thursday 14 April 2011. A 20-year-old male passenger in the taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Apr 2011
- Thursday, 15:03
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Transit and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6474, longitude -3.05347, in the NP44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fairwater, Torfaen, NP44 4QS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011610023111
- Council area
- Torfaen
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 1995.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Torfaen, 8 November 1995
10 m awayRef 1995610121195
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Torfaen, 1 October 1997
14 m awayRef 1997610109997
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Torfaen, 22 July 1996
14 m awayRef 1996610078196
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Torfaen, 20 December 1988
22 m awayRef 198861B502880
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Torfaen, 8 July 1986
22 m awayRef 198661B280860
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Torfaen, 5 February 1987
22 m awayRef 198761B023870
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Hyundai Accent
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,341 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- 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 2011610023111 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 2011.