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Unclassified road crash in Blaenau Gwent NP13 on 4 April 2015 at 14:20 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent at 14:20 on Saturday 4 April 2015. The 30-year-old male driver of the car and a 33-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Apr 2015
Saturday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7318, longitude -3.13407, in the NP13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abertillery. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abertillery and Six Bells, Blaenau Gwent, NP13 1NA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015610038615
Council area
Blaenau Gwent
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 2015610038615 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 2015.