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Serious A477 crash in Carmarthenshire on 9 August 1992 at 15:50 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Renault 21 were involved in a crash on the A477 in Carmarthenshire at 15:50 on Sunday 9 August 1992. A 68-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 69-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Aug 1992
Sunday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Renault 21
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77598, longitude -4.60471, in the SA34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199263B530692
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
477
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
4314

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,068 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199263B530692 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 1992.