A4042 crash in Monmouthshire on 6 July 2018 at 11:57 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a Mercedes S Class were involved in a crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire at 11:57 on Friday 6 July 2018. The 75-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 207, the 60-year-old male driver of the Mercedes S Class and a 61-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes S Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2018
- Friday, 11:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and Mercedes S Class
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79153, longitude -3.00931, in the NP7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Monmouthshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018610033418
- Council area
- Monmouthshire
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4042
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4269
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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 May 2024.
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Austin Metro crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire, 17 December 1992
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Car crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire, 7 April 1996
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Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire, 22 November 1993
5 m awayRef 1993610130593
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire, 27 November 2025
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Slight
Fiat Seicento crash on the A4042 in Monmouthshire, 22 July 2014
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,966 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes S Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes S Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018610033418 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Monmouthshire road accident statistics for 2018.