A465 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 15 November 2017 at 09:15 involving a Toyota Hilux
Four vehicles, including a car and a Toyota Hilux, were involved in a crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot at 09:15 on Wednesday 15 November 2017. The 73-year-old male driver of the car and a 70-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 2017
- Wednesday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Toyota Hilux and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65311, longitude -3.84059, in the SA10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coedffranc Central, Neath Port Talbot, SA10 6NJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621701552
- Council area
- Neath Port Talbot
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 465
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2024.
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot, 13 November 2024
6 m awayRef 2024622500030
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot, 4 April 2006
7 m awayRef 2006620151490
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot, 20 October 2006
11 m awayRef 2006620159226
Slight
Citroen Relay crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot, 16 October 2019
13 m awayRef 2019621901329
Slight
Ford Streetka crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot, 1 May 2014
14 m awayRef 2014621400792
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A465 in Neath Port Talbot, 20 June 2016
23 m awayRef 2016621601059
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,393 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Fox
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 4: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2017621701552 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.