Serious B4591 crash in Caerphilly on 26 November 2018 at 15:25 involving a Hyundai i30
A Hyundai i30 and two cars were involved in a crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly at 15:25 on Monday 26 November 2018. An 18-year-old male passenger in vehicle 3 was seriously injured and the 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Nov 2018
- Monday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Hyundai i30 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61892, longitude -3.1225, in the NP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Risca. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crosskeys, Caerphilly, NP11 7PF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018610058718
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4591
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 October 2006.
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 31 October 2006
9 m awayRef 2006610099606
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 11 November 2003
9 m awayRef 2003610121003
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 28 February 2013
15 m awayRef 2013610011313
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly, 22 March 2013
19 m awayRef 2013610079313
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B4 in Caerphilly, 13 September 2017
20 m awayRef 2017610035017
Serious
Honda MSX125 crash on the B4591 in Caerphilly, 31 January 2024
22 m awayRef 2024610028124
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i30
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 80 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018610058718 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2018.