B4385 crash in Powys on 9 May 1985 at 16:52 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4385 in Powys at 16:52 on Thursday 9 May 1985. A 56-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 1985
- Thursday, 16:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5403, longitude -3.12496, in the SY15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19856385D0101
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4385
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 May 2025.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4385 in Powys, 14 May 2025
22 m awayRef 2025631589984
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B4385 in Powys, 8 February 2017
214 m awayRef 201763DP05117
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B4385 in Powys, 29 November 2003
283 m awayRef 200363DP50103
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B4385 in Powys, 6 May 1998
411 m awayRef 199863NN05198
Slight
Car crash on the B4385 in Shropshire, 5 April 1981
539 m awayRef 19816381D0078
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4385 in Powys, 9 October 2011
578 m awayRef 201163DP32811
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 19856385D0101 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 1985.