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A483 crash in Powys on 23 August 1991 at 14:30 involving a Volvo 340

Four vehicles, including a Volvo 340 and a Vauxhall Astra, were involved in a crash on the A483 in Powys at 14:30 on Friday 23 August 1991. A 51-year-old female passenger in the Ford Orion was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 1991
Friday, 14:30
Vehicles
4
Volvo 340 and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51599, longitude -3.30413, in the SY16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newtown.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199163D529191
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
483
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
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 8 March 1992.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 4: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Orion)

    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 199163D529191 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.