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A44 crash in Powys on 26 January 1990 at 17:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Volvo 145 were involved in a crash on the A44 in Powys at 17:00 on Friday 26 January 1990. The 34-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1990
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Volvo 145
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23045, longitude -3.09076, in the LD8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199063D502790
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
44
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 145

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, 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 199063D502790 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 1990.