A4046 crash in Blaenau Gwent on 23 December 2021 at 21:30 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1 and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent at 21:30 on Thursday 23 December 2021. The 45-year-old female driver of the Audi A1 and the 33-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2021
- Thursday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A1 and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78757, longitude -3.21494, in the NP23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaenau Gwent
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021610062421
- Council area
- Blaenau Gwent
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4046
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4046
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2021.
Slight
Car crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 24 March 2021
5 m awayRef 2021610008921
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 3 October 2005
7 m awayRef 2005610091405
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 7 September 2005
7 m awayRef 2005610071905
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 6 December 2022
7 m awayRef 2022610050722
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 22 May 2012
9 m awayRef 2012610024912
Slight
Car crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 22 January 1998
14 m awayRef 1998610009898
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A1)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2021610062421 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaenau Gwent road accident statistics for 2021.