Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious B4560 crash in Powys on 8 November 1993 at 18:10 involving a Rover Vitesse

A Rover Vitesse and a Rover Maestro van were involved in a crash on the B4560 in Powys at 18:10 on Monday 8 November 1993. The 57-year-old male driver of the Rover Vitesse and the 38-year-old male driver of the Rover Maestro van were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Nov 1993
Monday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Rover Vitesse and Rover Maestro
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92864, longitude -3.2434, in the LD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199363D536493
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4560
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 141 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Vitesse

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    2,675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Maestro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Vitesse)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Maestro)

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 199363D536493 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.