Serious A4067 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 26 August 2011 at 14:00 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A4067 in Neath Port Talbot at 14:00 on Friday 26 August 2011. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Aug 2011
- Friday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7158, longitude -3.84878, in the SA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Alltwen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, SA8 4ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011620211154
- Council area
- Neath Port Talbot
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4067
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 2012.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4067 in Neath Port Talbot, 5 April 2012
14 m awayRef 2012621200039
Slight
Volvo S80 crash on the A4067 in Neath Port Talbot, 6 December 2012
14 m awayRef 2012621201566
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4067 in Neath Port Talbot, 2 August 1993
28 m awayRef 199362M020893
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 2 February 1992
28 m awayRef 1992620M00370
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4067 in Neath Port Talbot, 26 February 1993
28 m awayRef 199362M004993
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4067 in Neath Port Talbot, 11 January 2006
36 m awayRef 2006620146522
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- 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 2011620211154 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 2011.