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Serious A483 crash in Powys on 3 November 1993 at 11:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and an Isuzu Trooper were involved in a crash on the A483 in Powys at 11:15 on Wednesday 3 November 1993. The 53-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured and the 35-year-old male driver of the Isuzu Trooper was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Nov 1993
Wednesday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Isuzu Trooper
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.75823, longitude -3.08612, in the SY22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199363D535293
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
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
4393

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 25 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Isuzu Trooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,771 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Isuzu Trooper)

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 199363D535293 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 1993.