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Serious unclassified road crash in Torfaen NP4 on 23 January 2019 at 13:25 involving a Peugeot 208

A Peugeot 208 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Torfaen at 13:25 on Wednesday 23 January 2019. A 77-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jan 2019
Wednesday, 13:25
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 208
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71133, longitude -3.0565, in the NP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontypool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trevethin and Penygarn, Torfaen, NP4 8LF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019610004119
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 208

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    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
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 208)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2019610004119 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torfaen road accident statistics for 2019.