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A489 crash in Powys on 26 January 1989 at 20:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A489 in Powys at 20:15 on Thursday 26 January 1989. A 21-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1989
Thursday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50949, longitude -3.3231, in the SY16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newtown.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198963D501489
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
489
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 31 January 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 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
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198963D501489 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 1989.