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Fatal unclassified road crash in Caerphilly NP11 on 10 January 2017 at 07:00 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 crashed on an unclassified road in Caerphilly at 07:00 on Tuesday 10 January 2017. The 30-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
10 Jan 2017
Tuesday, 07:00
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 306
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67739, longitude -3.16615, in the NP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oakdale.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017610022717
Council area
Caerphilly
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
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 72 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    19 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2017610022717 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2017.