B4591 crash in Newport on 27 December 2014 at 21:14 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Seat Leon were involved in a crash on the B4591 in Newport at 21:14 on Saturday 27 December 2014. The 45-year-old male driver of the Seat Leon was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2014
- Saturday, 21:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Seat Leon
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58267, longitude -3.0066, in the NP20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stow Hill, Newport, NP20 4FZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newport
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014610078414
- Council area
- Newport
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4591
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4240
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2019.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Newport, 24 February 2019
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Slight
Renault Twingo crash on the B4240 in Newport, 19 June 2017
3 m awayRef 2017610022317
Slight
Car crash on the B4240 in Newport, 1 December 1995
6 m awayRef 1995610143395
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B4240 in Newport, 17 August 1992
6 m awayRef 199261A282920
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the B4240 in Newport, 12 September 2003
6 m awayRef 2003610142103
Serious
Bus crash on the B4240 in Newport, 3 June 1997
6 m awayRef 1997610065997
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Leon)
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 2014610078414 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.