A48 crash in Newport on 3 April 2017 at 15:55 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
Four vehicles, including a Ford Transit Custom van and a Honda CRV, were involved in a crash on the A48 in Newport at 15:55 on Monday 3 April 2017. The 37-year-old male driver of the Honda CRV and the 38-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 2017
- Monday, 15:55
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Transit Custom and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57514, longitude -2.96126, in the NP19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lliswerry, Newport, NP19 4QJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newport
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017610012017
- Council area
- Newport
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 48
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2003.
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the A455 in Newport, 14 November 2003
13 m awayRef 2003610132803
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A455 in Newport, 3 February 2002
22 m awayRef 2002610019602
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on the A48 in Newport, 2 February 2011
22 m awayRef 2011610004811
Serious
Mondial SMX crash on the A48 in Newport, 19 September 2025
24 m awayRef 2025610040525
Serious
Car crash on the A455 in Newport, 26 April 1992
27 m awayRef 199261A11692P
Serious
Audi E-Tron crash on the A48 in Newport, 24 March 2025
30 m awayRef 2025610013725
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CRV)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017610012017 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 2017.