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Serious A488 crash in Powys on 23 September 1991 at 07:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on the A488 in Powys at 07:20 on Monday 23 September 1991. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort, a 61-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Bluebird and the 61-year-old male driver of the Nissan Bluebird were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Sep 1991
Monday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.32923, longitude -3.10346, in the LD7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199163D533491
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
488
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

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 199163D533491 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.