M4 crash in Newport on 29 October 2014 at 17:57 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the M4 in Newport at 17:57 on Wednesday 29 October 2014. The 52-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Oct 2014
- Wednesday, 17:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59001, longitude -2.84862, in the NP26 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Newport
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014610065714
- Council area
- Newport
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 1997.
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the M4 in Newport, 14 January 1997
41 m awayRef 1997610000797
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M4 in Newport, 27 December 2006
43 m awayRef 2006610104506
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the M4 in Newport, 5 March 2008
47 m awayRef 2008610012508
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M4 in Newport, 8 March 1999
47 m awayRef 1999610031599
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M4 in Newport, 24 September 2004
53 m awayRef 2004610109504
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M4 in Newport, 20 August 2004
54 m awayRef 2004610090804
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2014610065714 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newport road accident statistics for 2014.