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Serious M4 crash in Carmarthenshire on 5 August 1990 at 11:35 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion crashed on the M4 in Carmarthenshire at 11:35 on Sunday 5 August 1990. A 17-year-old female passenger and a 23-year-old male passenger were seriously injured and a 41-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Aug 1990
Sunday, 11:35
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72461, longitude -4.06743, in the SA4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199063A530090
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    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 199063A530090 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.