Serious B4138 crash in Pembrokeshire on 24 May 1993 at 07:54 involving a Leyland Redline lorry
A Leyland Redline lorry and a DAF Trucks FT 2500 lorry were involved in a crash on the B4138 in Pembrokeshire at 07:54 on Monday 24 May 1993. The 38-year-old male driver of the Leyland Redline lorry was seriously injured and the 53-year-old male driver of the DAF Trucks FT 2500 lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 May 1993
- Monday, 07:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Leyland Redline and DAF Trucks FT 2500
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67765, longitude -4.73649, in the SA70 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Pembrokeshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199363C515893
- Council area
- Pembrokeshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4138
- 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
- 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 29 June 1999.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4318 in Pembrokeshire, 29 June 1999
At the same spotRef 199963PP07499
Serious
Car crash on the B4318 in Pembrokeshire, 25 December 1985
At the same spotRef 19856385C0432
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the B4318 in Pembrokeshire, 26 May 1993
At the same spotRef 199363C516193
Slight
Car crash on the B4318 in Pembrokeshire, 26 July 1988
At the same spotRef 198863C522888
Slight
Citroen Visa crash on the B4318 in Pembrokeshire, 10 December 1990
At the same spotRef 199063C547490
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B4318 in Pembrokeshire, 6 May 1999
22 m awayRef 199963PP05799
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Leyland Redline
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks FT 2500
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 38, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland Redline)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks FT 2500)
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 199363C515893 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Pembrokeshire road accident statistics for 1993.