A465 crash in Blaenau Gwent on 14 July 2014 at 23:35 involving a Peugeot 3008
A Peugeot 3008 and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent at 23:35 on Monday 14 July 2014. The 27-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 3008 and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Mini One were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jul 2014
- Monday, 23:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 3008 and Mini One
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78802, longitude -3.25996, in the NP22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sirhowy, Blaenau Gwent, NP22 3ST area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014610037014
- Council area
- Blaenau Gwent
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 465
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 2014.
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 3 March 2014
2 m awayRef 2014610011614
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 2 January 2002
6 m awayRef 2002610001102
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 11 August 2007
6 m awayRef 2007610078307
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 31 May 2007
6 m awayRef 2007610039407
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 24 April 2007
6 m awayRef 2007610024407
Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 12 April 2011
6 m awayRef 2011610024011
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 3008)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)
- 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 2014610037014 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 2014.