Unclassified road crash in Monmouthshire NP16 on 15 December 2012 at 19:09 involving a Volkswagen Touran
A Volkswagen Touran hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Monmouthshire at 19:09 on Saturday 15 December 2012. A 26-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2012
- Saturday, 19:09
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Touran
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6362, longitude -2.68373, in the NP16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chepstow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mount Pleasant, Monmouthshire, NP16 5PJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012610075112
- Council area
- Monmouthshire
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 2025.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A48 in Monmouthshire, 27 August 2025
21 m awayRef 2025610046325
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A48 in Monmouthshire, 18 July 2023
30 m awayRef 2023610032123
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Monmouthshire, 11 April 1985
36 m awayRef 198561B12385T
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A48 in Monmouthshire, 25 September 1984
36 m awayRef 198461B38184T
Slight
Van crash on the A48 in Monmouthshire, 14 November 1995
36 m awayRef 1995610123495
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A48 in Monmouthshire, 8 November 1987
36 m awayRef 198761B31987T
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touran
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Touran)
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2012610075112 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Monmouthshire road accident statistics for 2012.