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Fatal A438 crash in Powys on 1 August 1990 at 13:00 involving a DAF Trucks lorry

A DAF Trucks lorry hit a pedestrian on the A438 in Powys at 13:00 on Wednesday 1 August 1990. An 80-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Aug 1990
Wednesday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08605, longitude -3.14853, in the HR3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199063D529790
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
438
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4351

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 July 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199063D529790 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.