A4051 crash in Torfaen on 5 July 2011 at 16:44 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A4051 in Torfaen at 16:44 on Tuesday 5 July 2011. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 2011
- Tuesday, 16:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65349, longitude -3.02629, in the NP44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cwmbrân. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontnewydd, Torfaen, NP44 1NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011610045611
- Council area
- Torfaen
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4051
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2020.
Slight
Vauxhall Viva crash on the A4051 in Torfaen, 14 November 2020
3 m awayRef 2020610044820
Slight
Car crash on the A4051 in Torfaen, 7 January 2015
4 m awayRef 2015610002315
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A4051 in Torfaen, 16 March 2006
10 m awayRef 2006610018706
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4051 in Torfaen, 29 November 2005
14 m awayRef 2005610117305
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4051 in Torfaen, 14 September 2022
16 m awayRef 2022610033222
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4051 in Torfaen, 15 August 1997
22 m awayRef 1997610093797
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2011610045611 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.