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A485 crash in Carmarthenshire on 2 November 1989 at 08:40 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A485 in Carmarthenshire at 08:40 on Thursday 2 November 1989. The 48-year-old male driver of the lorry and the 26-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 1989
Thursday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04521, longitude -4.19012, in the SA40 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198963B542889
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
485
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
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 2 October 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198963B542889 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 1989.