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Serious A458 crash in Powys on 26 April 1991 at 21:45 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 crashed on the A458 in Powys at 21:45 on Friday 26 April 1991. The 42-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Apr 1991
Friday, 21:45
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65065, longitude -3.23866, in the SY21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199163D512491
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
458
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

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 199163D512491 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 1991.