A483 crash in Swansea on 28 February 1979 at 21:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A483 in Swansea at 21:45 on Wednesday 28 February 1979. The 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 23-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Feb 1979
- Wednesday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64424, longitude -3.98283, in the SA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1979620J00610
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 483
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 1997.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A483 in Swansea, 21 August 1997
At the same spotRef 199762J028897
Slight
Car crash on the A483 in Swansea, 12 January 1980
At the same spotRef 1980620J00060
Slight
Car crash on the A483 in Swansea, 5 April 1986
At the same spotRef 1986620H08580
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A483 in Swansea, 16 May 1995
At the same spotRef 199562J010995
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A483 in Swansea, 20 November 1991
At the same spotRef 1991620J00800
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4070 in Swansea, 3 March 1994
At the same spotRef 199462J007294
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 1979620J00610 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 1979.