B4293 crash in Torfaen on 15 October 2016 at 19:02 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Mitsubishi Space Star were involved in a crash on the B4293 in Torfaen at 19:02 on Saturday 15 October 2016. The 79-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Space Star was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Oct 2016
- Saturday, 19:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Mitsubishi Space Star
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74401, longitude -2.72463, in the NP25 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016610051416
- Council area
- Torfaen
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4293
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2018.
Slight
Audi TT crash on the B4293 in Monmouthshire, 9 May 2018
40 m awayRef 2018610024118
Slight
Van crash on the B4293 in Monmouthshire, 5 May 1995
68 m awayRef 1995610048895
Slight
Volvo 850 crash on the B4293 in Monmouthshire, 4 December 2000
69 m awayRef 2000610141400
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the B4293 in Monmouthshire, 23 July 2006
82 m awayRef 2006610050906
Slight
Car crash on the B4293 in Monmouthshire, 29 September 1996
97 m awayRef 1996610116296
Serious
Car crash on the B4293 in Monmouthshire, 6 August 1979
111 m awayRef 197961B356790
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Space Star
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Space Star)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016610051416 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torfaen road accident statistics for 2016.