B4290 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 23 September 2011 at 21:45 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on the B4290 in Neath Port Talbot at 21:45 on Friday 23 September 2011. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Sep 2011
- Friday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64724, longitude -3.85177, in the SA10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coedffranc Central, Neath Port Talbot, SA10 6NJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011620213441
- Council area
- Neath Port Talbot
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4290
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 August 2014.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4290 in Neath Port Talbot, 4 August 2014
5 m awayRef 2014621401430
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B4290 in Neath Port Talbot, 14 July 2002
10 m awayRef 2002620063716
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B4290 in Neath Port Talbot, 10 July 2002
10 m awayRef 2002620063416
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4290 in Neath Port Talbot, 11 August 2015
11 m awayRef 2015621501368
Slight
Renault 18 crash on the B4290 in Neath Port Talbot, 17 July 1996
20 m awayRef 199662G024096
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot, 23 July 1997
20 m awayRef 199762G023397
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2011620213441 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.