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Fatal unclassified road crash in Torfaen NP4 on 25 December 2019 at 22:53 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Torfaen at 22:53 on Wednesday 25 December 2019. A 48-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Dec 2019
Wednesday, 22:53
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71054, longitude -3.04912, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019610076719
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
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 48, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    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 2019610076719 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.