M4 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 31 July 2015 at 15:27 involving a van
Two vans and a car were involved in a crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot at 15:27 on Friday 31 July 2015. The 35-year-old male driver of the car and the 47-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jul 2015
- Friday, 15:27
- Vehicles
- 3
- Van and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64259, longitude -3.84349, in the SA10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015621501290
- Council area
- Neath Port Talbot
- Police force
- South Wales
- 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2003.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot, 7 November 2003
20 m awayRef 2003620096392
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot, 26 October 2006
36 m awayRef 2006620159386
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot, 11 January 1989
51 m awayRef 1989620G00390
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot, 31 January 2011
53 m awayRef 2011620206862
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot, 24 May 2014
54 m awayRef 2014621400965
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot, 27 June 2014
60 m awayRef 2014621401187
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 3: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 47 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Van)
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 2015621501290 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Neath Port Talbot road accident statistics for 2015.