Unclassified road crash in Newport NP19 on 10 August 2016 at 21:20 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newport at 21:20 on Wednesday 10 August 2016. The 51-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira, a 51-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira 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 T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Aug 2016
- Wednesday, 21:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58801, longitude -2.96292, in the NP19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beechwood, Newport, NP19 8PA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newport
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016610040316
- Council area
- Newport
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4237
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2016610040316 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 2016.