Serious unclassified road crash in Torfaen NP44 on 6 September 2023 at 20:41 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen at 20:41 on Wednesday 6 September 2023. The 24-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Sep 2023
- Wednesday, 20:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66204, longitude -3.01722, in the NP44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cwmbrân. It is one of the crashes that make up the Croesyceiliog, Torfaen, NP44 2QH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torfaen
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023610041623
- 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
- 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, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 2017.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Torfaen, 13 January 2017
5 m awayRef 2017610064817
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Torfaen, 20 March 2003
8 m awayRef 2003610032403
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Torfaen, 23 August 2008
12 m awayRef 2008610067508
Slight
Ford Transit crash on a C road in Torfaen, 24 August 1994
25 m awayRef 1994610085194
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on a C road in Torfaen, 16 November 2002
25 m awayRef 2002610140302
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on a C road in Torfaen, 8 September 1997
33 m awayRef 1997610104897
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 24, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2023610041623 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 2023.