Serious A40 crash in Powys on 19 December 1990 at 15:45 involving a Scania lorry

A car and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A40 in Powys at 15:45 on Wednesday 19 December 1990. The 39-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 19 Dec 1990; Wednesday, 15:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and Scania
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199063D547790
Council area: Powys
Police force: Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 40
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: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
39 years
Vehicle 2: Scania
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Towing and articulation
Articulated vehicle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
50 years
Engine capacity
11,000 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Diesel
Vehicle age
1 year

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 199063D547790 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.