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Unclassified road crash in Neath Port Talbot SA11 on 1 May 2017 at 01:58 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Citroen C2 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot at 01:58 on Monday 1 May 2017. The 21-year-old female driver of the Citroen C2 and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 May 2017
Monday, 01:58
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Citroen C2
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63098, longitude -3.82077, in the SA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Briton Ferry and Baglan. It is one of the crashes that make up the Briton Ferry West, Neath Port Talbot, SA11 2JA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017621700799
Council area
Neath Port Talbot
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 April 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C2)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C2)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2017621700799 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.