Serious B4434 crash in Neath Port Talbot on 25 January 2019 at 17:56 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the B4434 in Neath Port Talbot at 17:56 on Friday 25 January 2019. A 79-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jan 2019
- Friday, 17:56
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66458, longitude -3.807, in the SA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Neath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Neath East, Neath Port Talbot, SA11 1NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Neath Port Talbot
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019621900129
- Council area
- Neath Port Talbot
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4434
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B4434 in Neath Port Talbot, 10 August 2010
4 m awayRef 2010620202625
Slight
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the B4434 in Neath Port Talbot, 10 July 2001
19 m awayRef 2001620039156
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4434 in Neath Port Talbot, 9 September 2006
24 m awayRef 2006620158272
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 19 January 1993
51 m awayRef 199362G001893
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Neath Port Talbot, 21 October 1981
51 m awayRef 1981620G03410
Slight
Car crash on the B4434 in Neath Port Talbot, 20 July 1982
51 m awayRef 1982620G02000
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- 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 2019621900129 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 2019.