B4242 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 30 April 2016 at 17:31 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, an Audi A1 and a Suzuki Alto were involved in a crash on the B4242 in Neath Port Talbot at 17:31 on Saturday 30 April 2016. The 20-year-old female driver of the Audi A1 was 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
- 30 Apr 2016
- Saturday, 17:31
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74838, longitude -3.61305, in the SA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glyn-neath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glynneath Central and East, Neath Port Talbot, SA11 5AP 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
- 2016621600829
- Council area
- Neath Port Talbot
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4242
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2008.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 10 January 2008
8 m awayRef 2008620175740
Serious
Car crash on the B4242 in Neath Port Talbot, 2 June 1979
62 m awayRef 1979620G01610
Fatal
Car crash on the B4242 in Neath Port Talbot, 8 April 1989
62 m awayRef 1989620G04390
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 4 June 1995
62 m awayRef 199562G017595
Slight
Car crash on the B4242 in Neath Port Talbot, 3 September 1989
71 m awayRef 1989620G11780
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B4242 in Neath Port Talbot, 21 June 1999
71 m awayRef 199962G017399
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Suzuki Alto
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,061 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)
- 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 2016621600829 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 2016.