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Serious B4459 crash in Ceredigion on 18 June 1988 at 22:30 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the B4459 in Ceredigion at 22:30 on Saturday 18 June 1988. A 24-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jun 1988
Saturday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10467, longitude -4.27919, in the SA44 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198863B520488
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4459
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198863B520488 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 1988.