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Serious A438 crash in Powys on 21 March 1979 at 08:15 involving a minibus

A minibus and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A438 in Powys at 08:15 on Wednesday 21 March 1979. There were ten casualties: two people were seriously injured and eight were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Mar 1979
Wednesday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Minibus and lorry
Casualties
10
2 seriously injured, 8 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10884, longitude -3.11553, in the HR3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19796379D0076
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
438
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (10)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 19796379D0076 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 1979.