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Serious unclassified road crash in Neath Port Talbot SA12 on 8 May 2017 at 19:21 involving a Toyota Yaris

A Toyota Yaris crashed on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot at 19:21 on Monday 8 May 2017. The 22-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 28-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 May 2017
Monday, 19:21
Vehicles
1
Toyota Yaris
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60434, longitude -3.81194, in the SA12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sandfields West, Neath Port Talbot, SA12 7EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017621700743
Council area
Neath Port Talbot
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 46 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,363 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2017621700743 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 2017.