Unclassified road crash in Blaenau Gwent NP13 on 19 September 2016 at 11:23 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent at 11:23 on Monday 19 September 2016. The 37-year-old female driver of the Ford Galaxy and the 38-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2016
- Monday, 11:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76759, longitude -3.16164, in the NP13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blaina. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, NP13 3AT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016610045916
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 1993.
Slight
Nissan Cherry crash on a C road in Blaenau Gwent, 5 January 1993
10 m awayRef 199361C004930
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 10 April 2015
24 m awayRef 2015610014115
Slight
Opel crash on a C road in Blaenau Gwent, 27 September 2003
41 m awayRef 2003610108403
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Blaenau Gwent, 27 February 1988
61 m awayRef 198861C074880
Slight
Car crash on the A467 in Blaenau Gwent, 24 March 1982
61 m awayRef 198261C07282P
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Blaenau Gwent, 10 October 1987
61 m awayRef 198761C311870
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2016610045916 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 2016.