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Serious B4317 crash in Carmarthenshire on 17 October 1991 at 08:12 involving a Triumph Acclaim

A Triumph Acclaim crashed on the B4317 in Carmarthenshire at 08:12 on Thursday 17 October 1991. A 17-year-old male passenger and a 17-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Oct 1991
Thursday, 08:12
Vehicles
1
Triumph Acclaim
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77571, longitude -4.17559, in the SA15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199163A534591
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4317
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Acclaim

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,335 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Acclaim)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Acclaim)

    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 199163A534591 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 1991.