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A472 crash in Torfaen on 2 June 2019 at 16:00 involving a Fiat 500

A Fiat 500 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A472 in Torfaen at 16:00 on Sunday 2 June 2019. The 28-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 and the 57-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jun 2019
Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Fiat 500 and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69693, longitude -3.02826, in the NP4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontypool Fawr, Torfaen, NP4 0RF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019610040219
Council area
Torfaen
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
472
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2019610040219 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.