A48 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 5 July 2018 at 09:54 involving a Mazda 5
A Mazda 5, a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and a Kia Venga were involved in a crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot at 09:54 on Thursday 5 July 2018. The 27-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 2018
- Thursday, 09:54
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mazda 5 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61574, longitude -3.80808, in the SA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Briton Ferry and Baglan. It is one of the crashes that make up the Baglan, Neath Port Talbot, SA12 8TW 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
- 2018621800855
- 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
- 48
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4241
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2009.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot, 14 April 2009
10 m awayRef 2009620189111
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 20 October 2006
13 m awayRef 2006620159230
Slight
Dennis crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot, 20 January 2005
17 m awayRef 2005620126195
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot, 1 February 2011
18 m awayRef 2011620206866
Serious
Taxi crash on the A48 in Neath Port Talbot, 16 March 2015
21 m awayRef 2015621500465
Slight
Renault 18 crash on the M4 in Neath Port Talbot, 12 February 1990
21 m awayRef 1990620G00410
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Kia Venga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- 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 2018621800855 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 2018.