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B4596 crash in Newport on 6 February 2015 at 23:45 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the B4596 in Newport at 23:45 on Friday 6 February 2015. A 50-year-old female pedestrian and a 49-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Feb 2015
Friday, 23:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59137, longitude -2.98992, in the NP19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Victoria, Newport, NP19 0PQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015610005015
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4596
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4591

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
27%
Estimated chance it was slight
73%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a fatal crash on 7 November 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2015610005015 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 2015.