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Unclassified road crash in Blaenau Gwent NP23 on 6 August 2012 at 09:35 involving a Vauxhall Meriva

A Vauxhall Meriva and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent at 09:35 on Monday 6 August 2012. The 20-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Aug 2012
Monday, 09:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Meriva and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7803, longitude -3.21138, in the NP23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ebbw Vale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ebbw Vale North, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6EN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012610041312
Council area
Blaenau Gwent
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
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,229 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 2012610041312 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaenau Gwent road accident statistics for 2012.