Unclassified road crash in Torfaen NP44 on 13 January 2017 at 11:51 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen at 11:51 on Friday 13 January 2017. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jan 2017
- Friday, 11:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Fiat 500
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66209, longitude -3.01724, in the NP44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cwmbrân. It is one of the crashes that make up the Croesyceiliog, Torfaen, NP44 2QH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017610064817
- Council area
- Torfaen
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 September 2023.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen, 6 September 2023
5 m awayRef 2023610041623
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Torfaen, 20 March 2003
8 m awayRef 2003610032403
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Torfaen, 23 August 2008
8 m awayRef 2008610067508
Slight
Ford Transit crash on a C road in Torfaen, 24 August 1994
29 m awayRef 1994610085194
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on a C road in Torfaen, 16 November 2002
29 m awayRef 2002610140302
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Torfaen, 26 May 1997
35 m awayRef 1997610065697
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2017610064817 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 2017.