M4 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 5 August 2015 at 17:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot at 17:00 on Wednesday 5 August 2015. The 40-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Aug 2015
- Wednesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59856, longitude -3.78505, in the SA12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberavon, Neath Port Talbot, SA12 6NT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015621501301
- 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
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2017.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot, 26 May 2017
21 m awayRef 2017621700835
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot, 8 January 2016
21 m awayRef 2016621600102
Slight
Daewoo Leganza crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot, 10 August 2002
34 m awayRef 2002620065434
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot, 21 August 2025
34 m awayRef 2025622500584
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Citroen Xsara crash on the B4286 in Neath Port Talbot, 14 January 2016
36 m awayRef 2016621600150
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4286 in Neath Port Talbot, 2 November 2016
37 m awayRef 2016621601800
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, 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 2015621501301 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.