Install traffic lights at the McDonald’s Pontypool roundabout  - Correspondence from Gwent Police to the Committee, 08 July 2025

All,

Please see the data below. These RTC’s and the narrative around them will inform you of the circumstances and suggest a possible cause. Whether or not any mitigation has been applied by careful engineering is relevant/impactive I am unsure? But this is the data that we hold with some detail added for your convenience.

If however you need or want more please let me know and I’ll do what I can. These are ALL the recorded incident by police.

Hope this helps,

Jason.

Accident Ref No.00228/25

15:41hrs on Wednesday 30/04/2025 involving two vehicles with casualty.

V1 and V2 were on the inside lane on the roundabout from Pontypool travelling in the direction of New Inn, when negotiating the roundabout V1 has clipped the rear of V2. When exiting the roundabout.  Causation factors recorded as V1. Possible following too close, failed to judge vehicles path/speed, poor turn/manoeuvre, careless/reckless/in a hurry and road layout. In relation to V2. Possible fail to signal/misleading signal.

Easting 329487. Northing 199864.

Accident Ref No.00244/23

10:15hrs on Thursday 15/06/23 involving two vehicles one casualty, V1 travelling east with V2 travelling behind V1.  V1 pulling off, when a vehicle already on roundabout came around quickly and startled driver of V1, who performed an emergency stop causing V2 to collide with rear of V1.

Causation factors recorded as very likely V1 sudden braking, failed to look properly and V2 failed to look properly.

Easting 329410   Northing 199963.

Accident Ref No.00102/23

12:40hrs Sunday025/0/2023 involving two vehicles two casualties on A472 on approach to roundabout due to build up of traffic 50 yards from roundabout V2 has slowed V1 has not allowed enough distance and driven into rear of V1. Causation factor recorded as possible driving too close.

Easting 329377   Northing 199978

Accident Ref. No. 00514/22

12:30hrs Thursday 29/09/22 involving two vehicles one casualty on A472 on the approach to the roundabout with the A4042 . V2 motorbike approached roundabout and stopped due to traffic on the roundabout with V1 travelling behind V2 V1 didn’t see that vehicle 2 had stopped and collided with V2 causing rider to fall off motorbike.

Causation factor not recorded.

Eastings 329413 Northings 199956

Below is a screenshot showing the locations of the collisions at/on the roundabout.