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A483 crash in Carmarthenshire on 30 March 1979 at 11:30 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A483 in Carmarthenshire at 11:30 on Friday 30 March 1979. A 67-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Mar 1979
Friday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7934, longitude -3.98937, in the SA18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ammanford.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19796379A0116
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
483
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19796379A0116 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Carmarthenshire road accident statistics for 1979.