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Serious B4297 crash in Carmarthenshire on 30 July 1990 at 21:50 involving a Ford Fiesta

Two Ford Fiestas were involved in a crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire at 21:50 on Monday 30 July 1990. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jul 1990
Monday, 21:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80663, longitude -4.05668, in the SA14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199063A529490
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4297
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199063A529490 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 1990.