A4046 crash in Blaenau Gwent on 4 December 2023 at 10:12 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent at 10:12 on Monday 4 December 2023. The 40-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2023
- Monday, 10:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78775, longitude -3.21467, in the NP23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ebbw Vale North, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6EN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023610049523
- Council area
- Blaenau Gwent
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- 4281
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2009.
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the B4486 in Blaenau Gwent, 22 December 2009
5 m awayRef 2009610094909
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 5 June 2006
8 m awayRef 2006610041106
Slight
Bus crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 19 January 2005
8 m awayRef 2005610009605
Slight
Bus crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 6 May 1998
14 m awayRef 1998610054198
Slight
Car crash on the B4486 in Blaenau Gwent, 5 June 1989
14 m awayRef 198961C174890
Slight
Car crash on the B4486 in Blaenau Gwent, 19 February 1989
14 m awayRef 198961C048890
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 40, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2023610049523 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 2023.