B4237 crash in Newport on 15 June 2017 at 14:30 involving a Nissan Micra
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2017
- Thursday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58815, longitude -2.96418, in the NP19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beechwood, Newport, NP19 8PA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017610024917
- Council area
- Newport
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4237
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2025.
Slight
Car crash on the B4237 in Newport, 4 November 2025
7 m awayRef 2025610049525
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the B4237 in Newport, 3 May 2019
10 m awayRef 2019610052819
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B4237 in Newport, 9 November 2006
11 m awayRef 2006610105206
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Mazda 323 crash on the A48 in Newport, 18 November 1993
13 m awayRef 1993610117893
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A48 in Newport, 21 August 2002
15 m awayRef 2002610099502
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A48 in Newport, 16 January 1997
15 m awayRef 1997610007097
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- 28 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 28, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017610024917 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.